IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.15556 of 1999 Between: D.Murali and another. … Petitioners And The Divisional Engineer (Electricals) O & M Division, A.P. TRANSCO, Kamareddy, Nizamabad district and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Mrs.V.Hima Bindu for Sri P.Veera Reddy. Counsel for the respondents: Sri K.Nagbhushana Reddy for Sri P.R.Balaram Reddy, standing counsel for AP TRANSCO. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in placing the petitioners at serial Nos.25 and 18 respectively in the seniority list of junior linemen and at serial Nos.87 and 80 in the category of assistant linemen below Sri S.Balaraj Gowd and Sri T.Srinivas at serial Nos.9 and 10 respectively in the junior linemen category and at serial Nos.71 and 72 respectively in the assistant linemen category, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that though the said two persons were juniors to the petitioners, they are placed higher in the seniority list above the petitioners. In view of the fact that the petitioners failed to implead Sri S.Balaraj Gowd and Sri T.Srinivas, whose interest will be directly affected if the prayer in this Writ Petition is allowed, the Writ Petition deserves to be dismissed without going into the merits of the case. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:24-12-2008 MNR