IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.15268 of 1998 Between: I. Sandhya Rani, W/o. K.Ravi Kumar, R/o. Bulisettivari Veedhi Repalle, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Dept. of Education (School Education) Secretariat of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector/Chairman, District Selection Committee, Guntur District. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Writ of Mandamus or other appropriate order or direction in the nature of a writ declaring the action of the respondents disqualifying the petitioner for writing the Hall Ticket number with pen instead of pencil and further direct the respondents to consider the petitioner for the post of Hindi Pandit Grade -II in Guntur District as otherwise she is eligible in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MS.P.A.KAMALESWARI (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: The present writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the respondents in disqualifying the petitioner for the post of Hindi Pandit Grade-II on the ground that she wrote the Hall ticket number with pen instead of pencil as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner for the said post. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for School Education, on instructions, submitted that the petitioner was not qualified even in the written test to call for interview, and therefore, the petitioner is not entitled for any relief in the present writ petition. Since the petitioner was not qualified even in the written test, I see no illegality or irregularity in the action taken by the respondents in disqualifying the petitioner for the post of Hindi Pandit Grade-II and this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India cannot interfere with the same. The writ petition is misconceived and the same is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 05.07.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Dept. of Education (School Education) Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector/Chairman, District Selection Committee, Guntur District. 3 Two CCs to GP for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD}