1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing for the first respondent. None appears for the second respondent.

2. This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the first respondent in cancelling the approval of appointment of the petitioner as Junior Lecturer (Commerce) in Sri Magety Guravaiah Junior College, Guntur, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to approve her appointment as Junior Lecturer (Commerce) and continue her as such in an aided post.

3. The following are the averments of the writ petition:

The petitioner, who secured first class degrees in B.Com., and M.Com., was initially appointed as Junior Lecturer in Commerce in the second respondent junior college basing on the interview conducted in August 1988. Subsequently, she participated in the selections to the aided Junior Lecturers held on 27.10.1994. Along with the other candidates, she was appointed as Junior Lecturer in the aided post vide orders dated 29.10.1994. The first r