HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 7817 OF 2015

O R D E R:

Petitioner’s case is that he passed SSC in Khammam District and ITI in the trade of Electrician with 569/700 marks. He belongs to BC-A community. Respondents issued Notification dated 05-01-2011 notifying 1086 posts of Junior Plant Attendant in various generating stations. Thereafter, supplementary notification was issued on 17-10-2011 increasing the posts to 1755 including all backlog vacancies. Petitioner appeared for selection with Hall Ticket No. 30600220 and got 62.39 marks. Respondents while declaring results, notified cut-off marks in respect of each generating station with reference to the District. It is submitted that petitioner was shown as below cut-off marks by considering his candidature only in the generating stations which falls within the districts in which petitioner studied SSC and his case was not considered for the posts in other generating stations by treating him as Non-local by applying A.P. Public Employment (Organization of Local Cadre and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975 (herein after referred to as ‘presidential order’) though petitioner is within cut-off marks in