THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR Writ Petition No.23792 of 2010 ORDER This writ petition is filed seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent in not valuing the answer sheet of the petitioner in respect of paper-I i.e., General Essay in the main examination conducted for Group-I posts in pursuance of the Notification, dated 27.12.2007 and the Order, dated 05.02.2010, passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.10193 of 2009, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. In pursuance of the Notification, dated 27.12.2007, for recruitment in Group-I services, the petitioner submitted an application and he succeeded in screening test. Thereafter, he appeared for main examination, which consists of six papers, conducted in the month of August, 2008. In first paper examination i..e, General Essay, which was conducted on 08.08.2008, the petitioner marked his Hall ticket number on OMR Sheet with ball point pen instead of pencil due to inadvertence. After completion of examination, he noticed the said fact and immediately he approached the Invigilator for correction of Hall ticket number with pencil, but the Invigilator did not permit him. Though he made a representation to the first respondent on the same day, no action has been taken therein. Thereafter, he made a representation to the first respondent on the same day. The petitioner states that in the month of May, 2009, the results were published and after noticing the marks memo, the first paper i.e., General Essay was not valued by the first respondent. He got total 265 marks in other subjects. The grievance of the petitioner is that the though he made representation on 08.08.2008, the first respondent without considering the same, has not valued the first paper, which is illegal and arbitrary. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent. 4. Since the representation dated 08.08.2008 of the petitioner is said to be pending consideration before the first respondent, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider the representation, dated 08.08.2008, of the petitioner, and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J ___________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J Date: 31.12.2010. Note: Issue CC today. (Bo) sj