IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 12237 of 2004 Between: 1 K. Rambabu, S/o. Subba Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 Uppal Venkata Surya Muralidhara Sastry, s/o. Annappa Sastry, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 K. Nagaraju, S/o. Subba Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 Uppal Venkata Seetharmanjeya Sastry, S/o. Uppala Venkata Satyanarayana Sastry, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5 Koduri Keshava Rao, S/o. Venkata Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 6 Mattigunta Radha Krishna, S/o. Lakshmaiah, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7 Ganugapati Chandra Sekhar Sarma, S/o. Narsimha Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 8 Sankaramanchi Srinivas, S/o. Krishna Murthy, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 9 Nandoori Shiva Sarma, S/o. Trinadh, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 10 Vela Muri Sreedhar, S/o. Madhava Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 11 Garlapati Rama Rao Sharma, S/o. Sankara Rao, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 12 Koduri Anjaneyulu, S/o. Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 13 Cherukuri Rama Krishna, S/o. Satyanarayana Murthy, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 14 Majeti Sudhakar, S/o. Madhusudhana Sastry, R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Executive Officer, Sri Durga Malleshwara Swamy Varla Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENT 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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by directing the respondent to consider the cases of the petitioners for the post of paricharikas in the available vacancies pursuant to the notification is Rc.No.A3/1591/2003 dt. 23-6-2004. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.J.ASHVINI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent: SMT.N.INDRANI, Standing Counsel for Endowments. The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioners are seeking direction to the respondent to consider their cases for the appointment of “Paricharikas” in the respondent-temple. The claim of the petitioners is that they are working as Archakas in the respondent- temple since 1994 on daily wage basis. The posts of Paricharikas have been notified by a notification in Rc.No.A3/1591/2003, dated 23-06-2004 issued by the respondent. It is not in dispute that Archaka post is a feeder post from Paricharika as per G.O.Ms.No.261. If they are otherwise, eligible for Paricharika posts in pursuance of the notification dated 23-06-2004, they shall have to be considered by the respondent as per rules and regulations. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners also stated that in case, the petitioners are appointed as Paricharikas, they will not claim any benefits from 1994 but they will claim only the pay for the post attached to the Paricharika. So, a direction can be given to the respondent to consider the cases of the petitioners for the post of Paricharikas as per rules and regulations, if they are otherwise eligible. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. In the circumstances, no costs. 16th JULY, 2004. Note: furnish c.c. by 17-07-2004. B/o kvni To 1 The Executive Officer, Sri Durga Malleshwara Swamy Varla Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, Vijayawada. 2 Two CD copies.