IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 13907 of 1997 Between: 1. Raja Srinivas, S/o, Krishna Murty, resident of Door No.12-4-38, Srirampeta, Palakol, West Godavari District. 2. Kaligitla Veeracharyulu, S/o Satyanarayana, Resident of Palakol, West Godavari District. 3. Ch. Ganapathi Rao, S/o Ramana, resident of Atchugottlapalem, Palakol, W.G. District. 4. V. Sarvarayudu, S/o Ganga Rao, resident of Poduru, W.G. District. 5. A. Muralikrishna, S/o Venkateswararao, resident of Atchugottlapalem, Palakol, W.G. District 6. M.S. Prasad, S/o Kumaraswamy, resident of Atchugottlapalem, Palakol, W.G. District. 7. Midde Subbayya, S/o Gangaraju, resident of Palakol, W.G. District. 8. B.V. Brahmam, S/o Srirammurty, resident of Palakol, W.G. District. 9. L. Balakrishna, S/o Suryanarayana, resident of Gorrelavari street, Palakol W..G. District. 10. D. Venkateswarlu, S/o Venkata Nageswara Sastry, resident of Palakol, W.G. District. 11. A. Satyanarayana, S/o Narayana Sastry, resident of Nagarajupet, Palakol, W.G. District. (All the petitioners herein have been selected for Group IV services in 1989 and are still unemployed) ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Chief Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. The Secretary, Finance Department, Government ofA.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, represented by its Secretary, Gruhakalpa Complex, Nampally, 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 may be pleased to issue a writ, order or directions, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not carrying out the directions dated 1.12.1993 and 9.8.1995 made by the Honourable A.P. Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.2764 of 1993 and the directions dated 20.7.1995 made by this Honourable Court in W.P.No.8151 of 1993 and batch as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, contrary to the rule of law, opposed to the basic structure of the construction of India and violative of the Fundamental Rights Guaranteed under Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to the ratio laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in 1995 Supreme Court 1236 and 1989 Supreme Court and issue the consequential directions to the selection process based on notification No.1 of 1989 issued on 5.1.1989 in the Group IV services in the State of A.P. both at the District and State level with all consequential benefits with effect from 1.12.1993. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.SRINIVASA BABA Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Counsel for the Respondent No.4: M. Vijaya Kumar, S.C. for APSRTC The Court made the following: ORDER: Sri Tuhin Kumar, advocate, appearing on behalf of Sri C. Srinivasa Baba, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this Court in W.P.No.6746 of 2004 and batch dated 28.04.2005. Sri M. Vijay Kumar, advocate, appearing on behalf of the fourth respondent, agrees that the writ petition is covered by the said judgment. 3. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.6746 of 2004 and batch dated 28.4.2005. No order as to costs. ________________________ (RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J) Date: 20.06.2005 Ksn ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Finance Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. The Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, Gruhakalpa Complex, Nampally, Hyderabad. 5. 2 CCs to G.P. for General Administration, High Court Buildings (OUT). 6. 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }