THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.501 of 1996 ORAL ORDER: It appears, the present writ petition is filed at a time when the petitioner was not promoted to the post of Gallery Assistant and the cases of the respondents 2 and 3 were considered for the said post. It is the case of the first respondent that in all there were four posts of Gallery Assistants as on 31.8.1995 to be filled in accordance with recruitment rules. The rules stipulate that 75% of the posts were to be filled by promotion and 25% by direct recruitment. Out of the said four vacancies, three were required to be filled by promotees and one by direct recruitment. Out of three vacancies, two vacancies were to be filled by Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates, and the remaining vacancy is to be filled by General Category candidate. The Promotions were considered from the category of Class-III in the scale of Rs.950-1500 who are graduates with 10 years experience and possessing Diploma in Museology. Since the petitioner did not possess diploma in Museology even though he had put in 13 years of service in Class-III category, his case could not be considered and the case of the third respondent was considered though she had less than 10 years experience by relaxing the rules. Further, the learned counsel for first respondent states that the petitioner is not entitled to claim promotion without having Diploma in Museology and as soon as he obtained Diploma in Museology, he was promoted w.e.f. 5.6.2000. Therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 21.11.2006 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.501 of 1996 21.11.2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.501 of 1996 Date: 21st November, 2006 Between: A.Prakash Rao .. Petitioner And The Director, Salar Jung Museum, Nayapool, Hyderabad & 2 others. .. Respondents