THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.24976 OF 2009 DATED: 17.12.2009 Between: K. Srinivasulu and 29 others … Petitioners And The APCPDCL, rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, Red Hills, Hyderabad., and others. …. Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.24976 OF 2009 ORDER : The petitioners herein claim to have been working as shift operators and skilled workers in the respondent organization for the past several years as Contract Labour. It is stated that the respondent Organisation issued a notification for filling up more than 7,200 vacancies of the Junior Linemen on contract basis throughout the State. The respondent organization has also given preference to the contract labour working in the respondent organization. Pursuant to the said notification, the petitioners have applied for the post and they were also successful in pole climbing test as well as interview in the year 2007. However, the candidatures of the petitioners have not been considered taking the date of birth as the criteria. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. It is brought to my notice by the learned counsel for both the parties in identical circumstances a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.1434 of 2008 and batch dated 10.11.2009 directed the respondents to appoint all the writ petitioners therein, who submitted their applications pursuant to the notifications and who have passed the pole climbing test and fulfilled the other eligibility criterion for appointment as Junior Lineman without reference to and without insisting upon fulfillment of the Condition No.6 (iv) (c), which runs as under : “If more than one contract labour apply for the post, the contract labour with earlier date of birth will be given preference for selection.” The operative portion of the order of the Division Bench runs as under: “Therefore, taking the aforesaid undertakings of the Appellant-Distribution Companies on record, we direct the Appellant-Companies to appoint all the Respondents/Writ petitioners, who submitted their applications pursuant to the notifications dated 8.6.2006 and the other dates, issued by the various appellant companies, and who have passed the pole climbing test and fulfilled the other eligibility criterion for appointment as Junior Linemen, without reference to and without insisting upon the fulfilment of Condition No.6(iv)(c) of the revised notification dated 20.10.2006 within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. We also make it clear that this direction would be applicable to all those candidates, who have not approached this Court but who had applied in pursuance of the aforementioned notifications, subject to passing of the pole climbing test and fulfillment of eligibility criteria. We however make it clear that the persons who have not applied in pursuance of the notifications dated 8.6.2006 and the other dates and who have not subjected themselves to the selection process have no right whatsoever to claim that they are entitled for such appointment. We also make it clear that all the selected and appointed respondents-writ petitioners and other similarly situated would be entitled for all benefits on par with the persons who have been appointed as Junior Linemen as per Condition No.6 (iv) (c) of the revised notification, including regularization of their services as per rules and policy.” Having regard to the ratio laid down by the Division Bench in the above batch of cases, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioners for appointment to the post of Junior Linemen in terms of the Judgment of Division Bench in W.A.No.1434 of 2008 and batch, dated 10.11.2009 and pass appropriate orders within six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. _______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt.17.12.2009 gbs