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HYDERABAD: Disposing a batch of writ petitions and appeals relating to appointments of contract junior linemen (JLM) posts, a division bench of the AP High Court on Wednesday directed the APTransco and four distribution companies to review the entire selection process and fill the subsequent vacancies of 7,319 posts that arose pursuant to the govt’s permission in July last.The candidates, who have applied pursuant to the notifications dated June 2006 and as revised in Oct 2006 and fulfilling all the requisite qualifications such as technical, educational, age, nativity, experience etc. as on the date of first notification, shall alone be considered for the 7,114 posts notified by the APTransco and four Discoms. Persons appointed as on the date of first notification and revised notification shall be treated as freshers, the bench said.The division bench comprising justice V Eswaraiah and justice KG Shankar, in its ruling, directed the energy authorities concerned to pass appropriate orders to review the selection process within eight weeks from the date of receiving the order copy. Selections made contrary to the above declarations are illegal and they are set aside. The authorities were directed to fill the subsequent vacancies of 7,319 posts by issuing fresh notifications and calling for applications from the eligible candidates by giving preference to the contract labour.As for the 7,114 posts, the action of APTransco and four Discoms in selecting fresh candidates based on their marks in ITI exams, ignoring the claim of the eligible experienced contract labour is illegal. After considering cases of all the existing contract labour, still if there are any vacancies then fresh candidates shall be considered, it said. The notifications issued in June 2006 and revised on Oct 2006 are legal, except the condition number 6 (iv)(c) of the revised notification which was already struck down by the AP High Court. The persons appointed as on the date of first notification and revised notification, shall be treated as freshers. Though the selection and appointment of JLM is for one year, the employer is entitled to retain, and regularise appointment and consider them for promotion.
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