T. N. C. RANGARAJAN, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition relates to the claim of the petitioner for appointment to the post of the District and Sessions Judge (Grade-II)

( 2 ) THE petitioner is an advocate. He states that he obtained the degree inbachelor of Law in 1989 and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on 22-06-1989. He claims to have setup practice atchirala by joining the office of Sri R. V. Raghavaiah, Advocate, practising at Chirala. he also states that he obtained M. L. Degree after obtaining permission from bar Council. The petitioner applied for the post of District and Sessions Judge (Grade-II) on 21-08-1996, wrote the test on 24-11-1996 and appeared for the interview on 18-11-1997. He was asked by the Government by a Memo dated 05-06-1997 to furnish certain particulars in the attestation form which he complied with. However, he came across G. O. Ms. No. 291 (LA and JSCF) department dated 04-12-1997 appointing four advocates as District Judges but his name was not in the list. He claimed that he was recommended by the High Court but was not appointed by the Government and therefore filed the writ petition for a Mandamus directing the 1st respondent-G

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