IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 1551 of 1995 Between: 1 G.Latchanna, S/o. Yerrayya, Ampolu, Gara Mandal, Srikakulam Dist. 2 Rajendra Prasad Panigrahi, S/o. Gopinath Panigrahi , lakshminarasupeta, Srikakulam Dist. 3 Telugu Rajarao, S/o. Surayya, Mabagam, Narasannapeta,(Via) Srikakulam Dist. 4 P.Suchitra, D/o. S.Madhusudhanarao, Budithi, Srikakulam Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Govt. of A.P., Rep.by it's Secretary,Education Department, Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 Dist. Development Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, Srikakulam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate order, writ or direction of the like nature directing the Respondents to appoint the petitioners forthwith as Teachers in the available vacancies based on their earlier eligibility as per G.O.Ms.No.716,P,R. (Samithi) Department, dt.13.11.1981. For the Petitioners: MR.B.NAGESWARA RAO, Advocate For the Respondent No.1: G.P. for Education. For the Respondent No.2 : None appeared The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioners seeking a direction to the respondents to appoint the petitioners as Teachers in the available vacancies based on their earlier eligibility as per G.O.Ms.No. 716, P.R. (Samithi) Department, dated 13.11.1981. When the matter came up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that a Division Bench of this Court disposed of similar matters in W.P.No. 10586/1999 and batch dated 28.8.2000 and requested this Court to dispose of this writ petition also in terms of the said judgment. The petitioners in this case are also similarly situated as those in the above writ petition because the respondents have not considered their cases for appointment as teachers. The respondents have neither filed counter-affidavit nor denied the said judgment of the Division Bench of this Court. Therefore, this Court has no option except to dispose of this writ petition directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners in the light of the said judgment of the Division Bench of this Hon’ble Court, subject to their eligibility. This writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ 12th August, 2004 vp ASST. REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The District Development Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, Srikakulam 3. 2 C.Cs to the Govt. Pleader for Education, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. 2 C.D copies.