IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7994 of 2009 Between: Gopisetty Satyanarayana Rao, S/o. Kanakaiah, No.141 of West Godavari District at Eluru. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Additional Director General of Police, Home Guards, Government of Andhra Prdesh, Hyderabad. 3 Superintendent of Police, Home Guards, Besides I Town Police Station, Eluru, West Godavari District. 4 Commandant of Police, Home Guards, Visakhapatnam City, Visakhapatnam. 5 Reserve Inspector of Police, Home Guards, Eluru, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.S.MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : O R D E R: The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that respondent No.1 has not been considering his claim for relaxation in respect of the age of superannuation beyond 60 years. At the hearing, Sri K.S.Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that in cases pertaining to four persons by name Sri Mohd.Haji; G.Yellaiah; P.Dastagiri, M.Sham Lal, the Government granted relaxation to enable them to continue beyond 60 years of age by proceedings dated 06-05-2006. He submitted that the petitioner is fit, hale and healthy, who can be continued as Home Guard beyond 60 years and that non-consideration of his case for a similar relaxation constitutes invidious discrimination. Having regard to the innocuous relief claimed by the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to consider the claim of the petitioner for relaxation of maximum age of 60 years for continuing him as Home Guard keeping in view order dated 06-05-2006, by which respondent No.1 has relaxed the age of superannuation in respect of the above mentioned four persons. An appropriate order in this regard shall be passed by respondent No.1, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.10469 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 20th April, 2009 Note: Issue C.C in four days vrn