IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 3882 of 2007 Between: 1 The General Manager, Ordnance Factory Medak, Yeddumailaram- 502 205, Medak District, A.P., 2 The Chairman & Director General, Ordnance Factory Board, 10-A, S.K.Bose Road, Kolkata-700 001. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Sri B.Raghavender Reddy, s/o Sri Yadi Reddy, Kyasaram Village, Mandal Patancheru, Medak District, A.P., 2 Sri B.Malla Reddy, s/o Sri Ram Reddy, Kyasaram Village, Mandal Patancheru, Medak District, A.P., 3 M.Manikyam, s/o Hanumaiah, Kyasaram Village, Mandal Patancheru, Medak District, A.P. 4 V.V.Krishna Rao, s/o V.V.L.Narasimha Rao, r/o 21-224/2, Near Temple, Butchaiah Nagar, NAD Post, Visakhapatnam District-530 009, A.P., 5 V.Lakshmi Narayana, s/o V.Ramulu, c/o Satyanarayana, H.No.11-236, Shantinagar, Patancheru, Medak District, A.P., 6 S.Ravi, s/o S.Nageswara Rao, Tummapudi Post, Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District, A.P., 7 K.Gopal, s/o K.Chandru, Qr.No.3032, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram-502 205, Medak District, A.P., 8 P.Prahalada Reddy, s/o P.Narayana Reddy, c/o Srinivas Reddy, Qr.No.2255, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram-502 205, Medak District, A.P., 9 K.Pawan Kumar, s/o Ram Sundar Prasad, c/o P.P.Yadav, Plot No.107, Bapu Nagar, Near Sriram Nagar Colony, HMT Chintal Post, Hyderabad-500 054. 10 Vinod Kumar Singh, s/o Maheswar Singh, D.No.71-31-116/1, Allurisitaramaraju Colony, Malkapuram, Visakhapatnam-530 011. 11 T.Lakshmi Narayana, s/o T.Gangaram, H.No.1-4-66/A/9/A, Near Chakradhari Theatre, Fateh Nagar, Medak- 502 110, A.P., 12 M.Jithendar Reddy, s/o M.Raj Gopal Reddy, HIGH 42, Road No.II, Ph.I, Near Anjaneyaswami Temple, KPHB Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-500 072. 13 P.Anji Babu, s/o P.Nagamani, c/o P.Savithri, Dhaneswari Bhavan, Post DUVVA, Mandal Tanuku, Dist:West Godavari-534 156, A.P., 14 S.Ravindar, s/o S.Kistaiah, Qr.No.1263, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram-502 205, A.P., 15 S.Veerabhadra Rao, s/o S.Suryanarayana, Upper Seluru Post, 2F/33, 8th Cross Road, Visakhapatnam-531 105. 16 P.Peddi Raju, s/o P.Someswara Rao, c/o M.Surya Rao (C.I.), H.No.6-5-26, Someswara Wada, Sangareddy, Medak District, A.P., 17 K.Ramulu, s/o K.Lakshmaiah, H.No.2-7-52, Indira Nagar, Opp:New Bus Stand, Sadasivpet-502 291, Medak District, A.P., 18 B.Murali Krishna, s/o B.Soma Raju, Bayyanagudem Post-534 312, Koyyalagudem Mandal, W.G.District, A.P., 19 I.Rajesh, s/o Rama Rao, Bandanapudi Post-533 468, Via Gollapalem Tq.,Kakinada, E.G.District, A.P., 20 T.V.Hanmanth Rao, s/o Viksweswara Rao, c/o Ch.Venkat Rao, D.No.1-12-64, Kondayyapalem, Military Road, Kakinada-533 001, E.G.District, A.P., 21 M.Dhana Raju, s/o M.Ramakrishna, D.No.25-16-3, Near Kurpa Market, Nallavari Street, Visakhapatnam- 530 001, A.P., 22 K.Ravi Kumar, s/o Musalaiah, Wipro Fluid Power Ltd., Tummakunta, Hindupur-515 211 Dist.Anantapur, A.P., 23 K.V.V.Gopala Krishna Murthy, s/o K.Satyanarayana Murthy, TRT 1183, Near Police Station, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad-500 018. 24 G.Purushotham Naidu, s/o G.Jogi Naidu, Gajarayani Valasa -Village & PO, Donkinavalasa S.O., Dist.Vijayanagaram-535578, A.P., 25 J.Manohar, s/o J.Chandrayya, Kolkur PO & Vill. Sadasivpet Mandal, Dist:Medak-502 291, A.P., 26 D.Mallesham, s/o Balaiah, 5-56, Angadipet, Manjeera Barrage Post, Mandal Sangareddy, Dist:Medak-502 294, A.P., 27 S.Nagaraju, s/o S.Gangaiah, P.O.Guttikonda, Mandal;Piduguralla, Dist:Guntur-522 413, A.P., 28 V.Gurunatham, s/o V.Venkaiah, PO Guttikonda, Mandal:Piduguralla, Dist:Guntur-522 413, A.P., 29 T.Gopalakrishna, s/o Chakrapani, DART Mfg.India Pvt.Ltd., Building No.2, Plot No.L-1, Elmot Estate, Nacharam IDA, Hyderabad-500 076, A.P., 30 A.Santaiah, s/o A.Venkaiah, Vill & P.O.,-Togarpally, Mandal-Kondapur, Dist:Medak-502 306, A.P., 31 D.Ranga Raju, s/o Subba Raju, c/o URK Raju, Qr.No.2671, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram-502 205, Medak District, A.P., 32 G.Ravi Kumar, s/o G.Mallesh, H.No.5-125, Srinivasanagar Colony, R.C.Puram-500 032, Medak District, A.P., 33 N.Hemasundar Rao, s/o Lakshminarayana PO & Vill:Kandyam, SO: Burja, Srikakulam District-532 445, A.P., 34 P.Basavaiah, s/o Chinnaiah, c/o G.V.Bhaskar, H.No.4-8, Rudraram-502 329, Mandal:Patancheru, Dist:Medak, A.P., 35 T.Srinivasulu, s/o Eswaraiah, c/o G.V.Bhaskar, H.No.4-8, Rudraram-502 329, Mandal:Patancheru, Dist:Medak A.P., 36 A.Venkateswara Rao, s/o Balaji, c/o A.Raju, Qr.No.2666, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram- 502 205, Medak District A.P., 37 Md.Samiuddin, s/o Tajuddin, Qr.No.2319, Ordnance Factory Estate, Yeddumailaram-502 205, Medak District, A.P., 38 K.Ramaraju, s/o Apparao, D.No.71-31-1634, Near Well, Kakaraloya PO:Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam-530 005. .....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 in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for records pertaining to O.A.No.34 of 2005 in order dt.20-09-2006 and quash the same and declare same as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional or pass such any other appropriate order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P.NAVEEN RAO The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI. JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 3882 of 2007 ORDER: (Per the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed challenging the order, dated 20.9.2006 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.34 of 2005. Respondents 1 to 3 herein are the applicants before the tribunal and they filed the above O.A., seeking to quash the proceedings dated 15/20.10.1999 of the first respondent therein and to declare the consequential decision of the 2nd respondent in confining the selection to the post of Fitter/Welder to Ex-trade Apprentices, as illegal and consequently, to direct the respondents therein to consider the claims of the applicants as per their eligibility and suitability to the post of Fitter/Welder with all consequential benefits. It is the case of the applicants that the Government of India formulated a policy of providing employment to land displaced persons, whose lands were acquired by the Government for the purpose of establishing the ordnance factory project, and their dependants and that though the lands of the applicants were acquired, but the applicants were not given any employment under the said policy. Hence, they filed O.A.Nos.598, 1571 & 1572 of 2001, in which, having regard to the statement of the respondents that as there was a ban imposed on the recruitment, no employment could be given at the point of time, the Tribunal disposed of the O.As directing the respondents to consider the case of the applicants and provide the employment in a suitable post commensurate with their educational qualifications as and when vacancies arise, provided there is no ban on recruitment. It is the main grievance of the applicants in the present O.A. that the respondents have lifted the ban on recruitment and they are going to fill up the vacancies by trade apprentices ignoring the rights of other eligible candidates. The tribunal having observed that when the ban is already lifted and vacancies are available, the respondents therein cannot ignore the case of the applicants and shall consider their case for providing employment subject to their eligibility, ordered the O.A. Having aggrieved by the same, the respondents 1 and 2 therein preferred the present writ petition. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Counsel appearing for the respondents and perused the material available on record. On the material available on record, the dispute that remains undisputed is that the lands of the applicants were acquired under the policy formulated by the Government of India viz., one patta one job. At the same time, it is also the case of the respondents-writ petitioners that due to ban on recruitment only, the cases of the applicants could not be considered. In view of the above facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the formulation of the policy i.e., one patta one job, We feel it appropriate to modify the order of the tribunal to the effect that the case of the applicants shall be considered under the policy in question subject to the fulfillment of the condition that the applicants will come under the purview of land ousters under the policy. The order of the tribunal is modified accordingly. Subject to the above modification, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ Justice T.Meena Kumari _________________ Justice G.Chandraiah Dated:19.03.2008 Gurc/nn THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI. JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO :3882 of 2007 (Division Bench Order delivered by Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) 19/03/2008 ,