APHC010122022013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] WEDNESDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 11813/2013 Between: 1. N.P. RAMANAIAH, S/O KULLAYAPA, AGED 34 YEARS R/O. D.NO.6/45, KOSINEPALLI VILLAGE, KOTHAPALLI POST, MUDDANUR MANDAL, KADAPA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE APGENCO, REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, VIDYUT SOUDHA, HYDERABAD. 2. THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER HR, APGENCO, VIDYUT SOUDHA, HYDERABAD. 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER OM, RAYALASEEMA THERMAL POWER PROJECT(RTPP), V.V. REDDY NAGAR, KADAPA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned action of the respondents 1 and 2 in not awarding service weightage 10 marks to the petitioner in respect of selection for post of Junior Plant Attendant notified vide notification No.01/CGM(HR)2010, dt.5-1- 2011 and Supplementary Notification No.01/CGM(HR)/2011, dt.17-10- 2011 as highly illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 16 of Constitution of India and to pass 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2013(WPMP 14627 OF 2013 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents to verify the service rendered by the petitioner as contract labour with reference to gate passes and award remaining 5 marks under service weightage before finalizing the selection of Junior Plant Attendant notified vide notification No.01/CGM(HR)/2010, dt.5-1-2011 and Supplementary Notification No.01/CGM(HR)/2011, dt.17-10-2011, pending disposal of the above writ petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. G V SHIVAJI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. V SESHA KUMARI The Court made the following: 3 Order:- The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has applied for appointment as Junior Plant Attendant in pursuance of the notification dated 05.01.2011 issued by the respondents. The respondents called for applications for filling up 1086 posts of Junior Plant Attendant and a supplementary notification dated 17.10.2011 was issued. 2. It is submitted that the petitioner is entitled for grant of ten (10) marks for his service, which is more than six (06) months. It is also submitted that as per the notification, service weightage marks are to be awarded to the petitioner, as the petitioner has rendered service for more than six (06) months and, as such, the petitioner is entitled for ten (10) weightage marks. 3. It is submitted that the respondents have awarded only five (05) marks instead of ten (10) weightage marks. It is also submitted that the petitioner secured 53.33 marks in the examination conducted by the respondents and, having denied the additional weightage marks to the petitioner, the petitioner was not selected for the post of Junior Plant Attendant. 4. The writ petition was filed before finalization of the selected candidates and sought a direction to grant additional five (05) marks for the service rendered by the petitioner and to consider the same for appointment of the petitioner. 4 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner worked under a contractor and submitted the relevant experience certificate issued by the contractor and also the gate pass issued by the respondent authority, which would evidently establish that the petitioner worked under a contractor on contract basis with the respondent organization and, as such, was rightly entitled for award of weightage marks, which ought to have been considered along with the marks secured by the petitioner in the examination for finalization of the selected candidates. 6. The respondents have filed a detailed counter and it is submitted that the respondents issued a supplementary notification dated 17.10.2011, whereby, in addition to SSC/ITI certificates, applications were also called for from the categories of contract labour, land losers and local Scheduled Tribes. It is also submitted that the respondents received several complaints regarding submission of fake experience certificates and fake gate passes with intent to secure weightage marks and gain advantage in the selection process. 7. On receipt of the said complaints, the respondents constituted committees in each of the generating stations for verification of the documents submitted by the applicants and displayed the committee reports on the notice boards of the respective generating stations. It is submitted that the report pertaining to the petitioner was also displayed in the generating station and the petitioner failed to avail the opportunity. It is also submitted that the writ 5 petition was filed at a belated stage and that, after receiving the committee reports, the weightage marks were awarded based on the length of service certified by the concerned committee, and the list of candidates in the ratio of 1:20 was displayed on the website. 8. It is submitted that 21,977 candidates were listed in the ratio of 1:20 and thereafter the respondents issued appointment orders to the eligible candidates. It is also submitted that the petitioner could not secure the required marks for selection as Junior Plant Attendant and was not in the zone of consideration. It is further submitted that the recruitment process is completed and appointment orders were issued to the successful candidates. 9. Recording the same, this writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 04.02.2026 PNS