JUDGMENT :

C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, J.

1. Heard Sri Y.Nagi Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for APSPDCL and Sri M.Pitchaiah, learned counsel for the respondents-writ petitioners.

2. Aggrieved by the order, dated 19.03.2020, in W.P.No.44691 of 2017, the Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (for short, ‘APSPDCL’) filed the present appeal.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as arrayed in Writ Petition.

4. A Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of writ of Mandamus declaring the order Lr.No.SE/O/VIA/PO/Adm/JAO.I/U2/D.No.331/2016, dated 05.02.2016, issued by the 3rd respondent i.e., Superintendent Engineer, APSPDCL, Vijayawada, rejecting absorption of the services, as arbitrary, illegal, violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to absorb the petitioners into regular services of the respondent-corporation in any suitable post from the date of eligibility with all consequential benefits.

5. The averments in the affidavit filed in support