THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 2541 of 2007 Date: 03.04.2007 Between: Chappidi Ramu. .... PETITIONER AND The Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, Tirupathi, rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 2541 of 2007 Order: The petitioner, who is working as Contract Labour in the respondent-APSPDCL, applied to the posts of Contract Junior Linemen in response to the notification, dated 06.06.2006, issued by the respondents. The case of the petitioner is that the educational qualification prescribed in the notification for the post of contract junior linemen is SSLC/SSC with ITI qualification in Electrical/Wireman trade, and since he has been working as contract labour in the respondent-APSPDCL for more than 10 years, his case may be considered for the post of Junior Linemen on contract basis duly exempting from the said qualifications. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the orders of this Court in W.P.No.22579 of 2006, dated 01.11.2006, wherein this Court considered similar issue and disposed of the writ petition with the following direction: “Having regard to the revised notification and the stand taken by the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, the only direction that can be given in this writ petition is that the respondents-APSPDCL shall strictly adhere to Condition 6(b) of the revised notification and give priority to the petitioners at the time of considering their cases for selection to the posts of contract junior linemen”. 3. In the circumstances, this writ petition is also disposed of in terms of the orders passed in W.P.No.22579 of 2006 dated 01.11.2006. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 03.04.2007 sj