IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION NO. 9494 of 2011 Between: V.Kistaiah and others. …PETITIONERS AND The APSRTC and others. ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION NO. 9494 of 2011 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.1 in not considering the petitioners case for the post of “Coach Builder” in APSRTC on the ground that they do not possess “ITI Trade Certificate”, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct respondent No.1 to consider the petitioners case for appointment to the post of “Coach Builder” without insisting ITI Trade Certificate. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners contended that the petitioners underwent apprenticeship training in the APSRTC itself as ‘Coach Builders’ and that itself is a necessary qualification and hence, he prays to consider the case of the petiitoners. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners cannot be accepted, as it is only an apprenticeship. The said qualification is not covered by the notification issued by APSRTC. The notification in respect of the post of ‘Coach Builder’ is not under challenge. This Court cannot give a direction or Mandamus to the respondents to act contrary to the notification issued in this regard. 4. There cannot be any dispute that the power to make appointment includes the power to prescribe requisite qualifications to select a suitable person. The object of prescribing requisite qualification in respect of a particular post must be reasonably relevant to the recognized purpose of the service. In other words the qualifications are relevant to the requirement of post. 5. In pursuance of the notification issued by the APSRTC for filling up of the post of ‘Coach Builder’ on regular basis in APSRTC, certain qualifications have been prescribed. The required qualification for the post of ‘Coach Builder’ is ‘I.T.I’. Admittedly, the petitioners are not having qualification of ‘I.T.I’. Therefore, the applications of the petitioners are contrary to the notification as they do not possess requisite qualification. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ K.C.BHANU, J APRIL 11, 2010 YVL