IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17120 of 2007 Between: 1 K.Vijayalakshmi D/o.AshokSingh High Court of aP., Hyderabad R/o.H.No.1-1-103, No.2, Basthi Main road yellandu,Khammam District 2 G.Lakshmi Lavanya D/o.G.V.Raghava Rao High Court of aP., Hyderabad H.No.5-1-31,Adarsh Nagar, DonboscoPost, bandlaguda Jagir, Hyderabad-082 3 Mohd.Abdul Javeed Pasha S/o.Abdul Mazeed High Court of aP., Hyderabad H.No.9-345, chityala, Nalgonda District 4 K.Swapnarani D/o.Venkat Raj High Court of aP., Hyderabad R/o.Gayathri Sarada Nilayam Nizampet road,Kukatpalli,Hyderabad-500072 5 P.Sridhar S/o.Chandramouli High Court of aP., Hyderabad R/o.10-8-38,Vidyuth Nagger, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad 6 Konda K.V.Bulli Krishna S/o.Satyanarayana Murthy High Court of AP., R?o.11-60, Veerabhadrapuram, Bandarulanka, Amalapuram Mandal East Godavari District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The High Court of Andhra Prdesh, Hyderabad rep.by its Registrar General 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary Legislative Affairs & Justice , Secretariat,Saifabad 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 an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the proceedings of the1st respondent dated 31.7.2007 rejecting applicatiojns of the petitioners for the post of Jr.Civgil Judge on the ground that they did not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 12(b0(3) of AP State Judicial Service Rules, issued in G.O.Ms.No.2207 dated 4.11.1962 as all of them satisfied the same as arbitrary, illegal, unjust discriminatory thereby in violation of the fundamental rights guranteed under Articles, 14,16 and 21 of the constitution of india and in violation of the principles of natural justice if necessary by reading down the proviso to Rule 12 (b)(3) of the AP State Judicial Service Rules, issued in G.O.ms.no.2207 dated 4.11.1962 and consequentially set aside the same and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS Sri D.V.Sitha Rama Murthy. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17120 of 2007 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.Rao) The question raised in this Writ Petition with regard to validity of Rule 12(b)(3) of the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service Rules need not be gone into at this stage. By reason of the interim order passed by this Court all the petitioners appeared for the screening test as well as the written examination. It is also brought to the notice of this Bench that petitioners 3, 4 and 6 have also come up to the stage of interview. Therefore, learned Counsel for the petitioners does not press the Writ Petition. The question raised, is left open to be agitated in appropriate case. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) ______________ (C.V.RAMULU, J) 26.03.2008 vs To 1 The Registrar General, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 2 The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Legislative Affairs & Justice , Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 2CCs to GP for Law & Legislative Affairs, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 4 2CD copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}