IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7256 of 2002 Between: Shaik. Hussain, Village Electricity Worker (JLM) S/o Sk. Mahabub Basha, R/o Balijapalli Post, Vemur Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The AP Transco Ltd., Rep. by its CMD, Tiruathi Guntur District. 2 The AP Transco Ltd., Rep. by its Superintendent Engineer (Operation), 4/7, Bradipet, Guntur-2. 3 The Chief Engineer (Project) APSPDCL, Tirupathi, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:NONE APPEARED Counsel for the Respondents:MR.P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner in the post of Junior Lineman (JLM) or in any other suitable post, as illegal. The petitioner sought for invalidation of memo, dated 11.03.2002 issued by the Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, Guntur-II. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. Heard Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents and perused the record. The petitioner, who was a Village Electricity Worker of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, was considered for the post of JLM in pursuance of B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997. According to the petitioner, though he was selected, he was not appointed. He filed Writ Petition No.4 of 2002, which was disposed of by this Court with the direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for the post of JLM or any other suitable post along with other candidates in pursuance of notification, dated 08.05.2001. Accordingly, the Superintending Engineer addressed letter, dated 11.03.2002 to the petitioner wherein it is stated that notification, dated 14.05.2001 was issued calling for applications for Village Electricity Workers/Ex-Casual Labour/Contract Labour for filling up of balance 50% vacancies in the cadre of Lower Division Clerk/Typist/Sub-Engineer in Operation Circle, Guntur respectively and that as the petitioner does not have the requisite qualifications for the said post, his case could not be considered for appointment. In the counter-affidavit, it is stated that though the petitioner was selected against 50% vacancies earmarked for JLM in the year 1998, in pursuance of the interviews conducted on 17.09.1997, for the post of JLM, he could not be appointed as he could not come up in merit to be appointed within the available 50% vacancies of JLM. It is further stated that as the petitioner does not hold the requisite qualifications for the posts of LDC/Typist/Sub-Engineer, which were notified on 14.05.2001, he could not be appointed. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner is not present to point out the legal infirmity, if any, in the reasons given by the respondents for rejecting his case for appointment. As the reasons given by the respondents appear convincing, I do not find any merit in the writ petition and it is accordingly, dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.9073 of 2002 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29th JANUARY, 2009. kvni