Telangana High Court
WP/2002/2000 of O Sudheer Kumar, Vs A.P. Transmission Corporation Ltd., on 31 December 2008
COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2002 _of 2000 Between: O.Sudheer Kumar and seven others. …
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE,ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD(Special Original Jurisdiction)
WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OFDECEMBER,TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY
PRESENT:THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNAREDDY
WRIT PETITION No.2002 _of 2000
Between:
O.Sudheer Kumar and seven others.
… Petitioners
And
A.P. Transmission Corporation Ltd., reptd., by itsManaging Director, Vidyutsoudha, Hyderabad and2 others.
… Respondents
Counsel for the petitioners: Smt.Krishna Gahloth forSri
V.Venkata Ramana.
Counsel for respondents: None
This Court made the following:
ORDER:
This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief:
“to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriatedeclaring that the petitioners are entitled to beconsidered as contract labour for the purpose ofextending the benefit of regular appointment as perB.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18-5-97 on par with the contractlabour in the operation and maintenance (Field work) ofthe respondent-Corporation and consequently direct therespondent to consider and appoint the petitioners asL.D.Cs/Sub-Engineer’s pursuant to theinterview/selection held on 11-4-98 and allow allconsequential benefits”.
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At the hearing, Smt.Krishna Gahloth, counselrepresenting Sri Vedula Venkata Ramana, learnedcounsel for the petitioners, submitted that in view of thejudgment of the Supreme Court in Steel Authority ofIndia Ltd. Vs. National Union Waterfront Workers –(2001) 7 SCC 1 – the cause in the Writ Petition hasbecome infructuous.
In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissedas such.
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C.V.NAGARJUNAREDDY, J
Date:31-12-2008MNR
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