IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO : 14981 of 1999 Between: 1 V.Saritha w/o Dharma Reddt Wanaparthy village & (m), Mahabubnagar District. 2 V.Lohith Reddy s/o Raghava Reddy Wanaparthy (V) & (M), Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt. of A.P rep by Secretary, Indian Medicine & Homeopathy Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Director Indian Medicine & Homeopathy Department, Secunderabad. .....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 more particularly one in the nature writ of Mandamus call for records relating to the O.ANo.2754/98 and set aside the same in consequence to direct the respondents to appoint the petitioners as Medical Officers pursuant to the selections as held in the year 1992 and as in interviewed the petitioners on 19-3-99 and 23-3-99 . Counsel for the Petitioner:DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI. JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO :14981 of 1999 ORDER: (Per the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to set aside the order of the tribunal passed in O.A.No.2754 of 1998 on 31.3.1999 and consequently, direct the respondents to appoint the petitioners as Medical Officers pursuant to the selections as held in the year 1992 and as interviewed the petitioners on 19-3-99 and 23-3-99. The petitioners are the applicants and they have filed the present O.A seeking to declare the notification issued by the 2nd respondent dated 26.3.1998 as contrary to the judgment of the tribunal in O.A.No:2095 of 1992 and batch, dated 27.4.1995 and direct the respondents to appoint them as medical officers pursuant to the selection held in the year 1992. The tribunal having observed that the special rules as well as general rules deal with the age and the special rules deal with the qualifications that are required for selection to the post of medical officer in Ayurvedic system and when the notification clearly stipulates a specific date and even according to the general rules, the prescribed age for any selection for direct recruitment is the 1st July of that recruitment year, no direction can be issued to the respondents to receive the applications of the applicants who do not possess the requisite qualifications, dismissed the O.A. Having aggrieved by the same, the applicants have preferred the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel and perused the entire material available on record as well as the order impugned. The fact that remains undisputed is that the special rules as well as the general rules deal with the age and the special rules deal with the qualifications that are required for selection to the post of Medical Officer in Ayurvedic system. It is apparent on the face of the record that the applicants have not possessed the requisite qualifications as per the prescribed general rules and therefore, they do not come under the zone of consideration as rightly observed by the tribunal. Hence, We see no merits in this writ petition and thereby, the same is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. _____________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari __________________ Justice P.S.Narayana Date: 09/04/2008 Gurc/nn THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO.14981 OF 1999 (Order delivered by the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) Dated: 09.04.2008