IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1264 of 2006 Between: 1 N. Satyanarayana Swamy ( E.92126), S/o. Late N. Gurappa, (Civil), Executive Engineers Office, Kadapa. 2 D.M.S.M. Babu(E.106822), S/o. Late D.M. Joseph, APSRTC, Anantapur. 3 A. Balaji ( E.94479), S/o. A. Suba Rao, Executive Engineer's Office, APSRTC, kadapa. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Director ( Admn)., APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Personnel Manager, APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 4 the Chief Civil Engineer-II, APSRTC, Musheerabad, 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 will be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in undertaking the promotions to the post of Assistant Engineer ( Civil) without refixing the petitioners seniority in the post of Draughtsman-II as per the orders of this Hon'ble Court in W.P.no.26631/2005 dt. 14.12.2005 is illegal, arbitrary, violation of Article to undertake the promotions for the Post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) till post of Draughtsman-II as per the orders of this Hon'ble Court in W.P.no.2663/2005, dt. 14.12.2005. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.PRATAP REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.W.V.S.RAJESWARI The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners, seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents, in undertaking the promotions to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil), without refixing their seniority in the post of Draftsman-II, is illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. While issuing notice before admission on 25.1.2006, this court directed that the respondents shall not affect promotions to the post of Assistant Engineer, till appropriate orders are passed, in pursuance of the directions issued by this court in W.P.No.26631 of 2005. Subsequently, the writ petition was admitted. It is now represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in pursuance of the direction issued by this court on 14.12.2005, the respondents have passed orders and proceeded to affect promotions. With that, the limited grievance of the petitioners stands redressed, and nothing remains to be decided in this writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ 11th June 2008 PAN