IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.2437 of 2000 Between: Mohd Abdul Quadeer Siddiqui S/o Mohd Abdul Ahad Siddiqui R/o H.No. 2-3-41, Bokkalguda, Adilabad District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector Adilabad District 2 The District Educational Officer Adilabad District 3 The Registrar, Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal Hyderabad ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, or order or a direction declaring the action of the respondents 1 and 2 not appointing the petitioner to the post of the Urdu Pandit Grade-II as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional against principles of natural justice and also against Articles 14, 16of the Constitution of India and consequently issue a Writ of Certiorari call for the records pertaining to the pertaining to the appointments to the post of Urdu Pandit Grade-II from the 1st Respondent and set-aside the dismissal orders passed by the Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 1695 of 1994 dt. 25/11/1999 and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to appoint the petitioner to the post of Urdu Pandit Grade-II duly paying him his backwages re-calculating the increments and ﬁxing his seniority from the year 1994 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.D.VIJAY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.2437 of 2000 ORAL ORDER: (per HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED) This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking to quash the decision rendered by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad in O.A.No.1695 of 1994, dated 25-11-1999 and consequently to direct respondents 1 and 2 to appoint the petitioner in the post of Urdu Pandit Grade-II with all consequential benefits. Petitioner herein ﬁled the above O.A. seeking to appoint him as Urdu Pandit pursuant to the Proceedings dated 16-9-1993 issued by the District Educational Oﬃcer, Adilabad – 2nd respondent herein. By the said Proceedings, the petitioner was called for interview for the post of Urdu Pandit scheduled on 27-9-1993. It is the grievance that thereafter, by Proceedings dated 15-3-1994 of the 2nd respondent, some other candidate was appointed instead of the petitioner. Therefore, the petitioner ﬁled the present O.A. The Tribunal, after hearing both sides, dismissed the O.A. holding that there are no reasons to interfere with the selection process. Challenging the same, the present Writ Petition is filed. Heard both sides and perused the material made available on record. It appears from the record that the petitioner had attended the written test for recruitment to the post of Urdu Pandit on 31-5-1992. He had also attended for oral interview on 22-2-1994 along with other seven candidates. But, two candidates, namely, Sayyada Sheeraz and Mohd. Ghouseuddin, who secured 48.50 marks and 44.00 marks, in the written test and oral test put together, were selected and appointed, against the notiﬁed two posts of Urdu Pandits. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that that the petitioner has secured only 40.66 marks. Further, petitioner could not be selected because of not securing highest marks i.e., securing less marks than the said two candidates, but not on age limit. From the above, it is clear that the respondents have rightly selected two meritorious candidates against the notiﬁed two posts of Urdu Pandits. Since the petitioner had not come up for selection and as two candidates, who are more meritorious than the petitioner have been selected, the Tribunal has rightly refused to interfere with the selection process and dismissed the O.A. We do not ﬁnd any inﬁrmity in the Order passed by the Tribunal, calling for interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The Writ Petition fails and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ (GHULAM MOHAMMED, J) 24th July, 2008 ________________ (C.V. RAMULU,J) prk