IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH TUESDAY THIS THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION No.35553 of 2014 Between: B,Kodanda Ramudu . PETITIONER And The District Manager, Syndicate Bank, Main Branch, Kurnool and 2 others . RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION No.35553 of 2014
ORDER:
Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, learned standing counsel for the 1st respondent and the learned Government Pleader for the 2nd respondent.
2. The first respondent-Syndicate Bank made a requisition to the 2nd respondent to sponsor the candidates belonging to OC, BC, SC and ST community for the posts of temporary Messengers. The grievance of the petitioner is that the first respondent is not receiving the application from the candidates other than those sponsored by the Employment Exchange.
3. The present writ petition is therefore filed to direct the respondents to receive the application from the petitioner for the post of temporary Messenger without insisting upon his name being sponsored by the Employment Exchange.
4. Reliance is placed by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner on the judgment of the Hon’ble Suprme Court in ‘EXCISE SUPERINTENDENT MALKAPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTDRICT,
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A.P., Vs. K.B.N. VISWESHWARA RAO AND OTHERS , wherein, the Supreme Court has laid down categorically that restricting the selection only to the candidates sponsored by employment exchange is not proper. In addition to requisitioning the names from employment exchange, names should also be called for by publication in newspapers, having wide circulation and display on office notice boards or announcement on radio, television and employment news bulletins.
5. In view of the above Judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the first respondent is under obligation to receive the application from the petitioner.
6. Therefore, the first respondent is directed to receive the application from the petitioner and allow him to participate in the selection process including the written test and interviews to the existing vacancies of posts of temporary Messengers without insisting that his name must be sponsored by the Employment Exchange.
Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs.
Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed in consequence.
R.KANTHA RAO,J Date: 25.11.2014 Ccm
[1] (1996) 6 SCC 216