IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.785 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 28.12.2007 in W.P.No.10180 OF 2005 on the file of the High Court) Between: 1 G. Krishna, S/o. Appalaswamy, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 2 P. Bangaraiah, S/o. Adaiah, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 3 P.R.S.N. Murthy, S/o. Guravaiah, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 4 Kella Adinaryana, S/o. Appalanarsaiah, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 5 Thota Shankara Rao, s/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 6 Gara Suryanarayana, S/o. Potaiah, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 7 Tavva Kurma Rao, S/o. Venkata Ramanaiah, R/o. Kumaram Village, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 8 Gara Suryanarayana, S/o. Pothaiah, All are working in Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co- operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242 Kumaram, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 9 Tavva Kumar Rao, S/o. Venkata Ramanaiah, All are working in Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242 Kumaram, Bheemsigi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ... APPELLANTS AND 1 M/s. Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, NO. B1242 Kumaram, Bheemsingi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District, Rep. by its Managing Director. 2 The Joint Collector -Cum-Chairman, VRS Committee, SVGC Sugars Limited, Office of the Collector, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Commissionerand Directos of Sugars and Cane, Commissioner, Chakkar Bhavan, Fathemaiden road, Near L.B. Stadium, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Princple Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 M. Jagga Rao, S/o. Not Know to the Petitioners Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242, Kumaram, Bheemsingi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 6 P. Tata, S/o. Ramaswamy, Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242, Kumaram, Bheemsingi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 7 K. Somulu, S/o. Adivesh, Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242, Kumaram, Bheemsingi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 8 Rajan Satyam, S/o. Ramaiah, Sri Vijayarama Gajapathi Co-operative Sugars Limited, No. B1242, Kumaram, Bheemsingi, Jhami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for Appellants: MR.TADDI NAGESWARA RAO Counsel for Respondents: MR.P.R.PRASAD The Court made the following: Judgment: (Per HC, J) Being aggrieved by the order dated 28.12.2007 passed by the learned single Judge in W.P.No.10180 of 2005, this appeal has been filed. 2. The appellants are the employees of respondent No.1-Society. In pursuance of an advice received from an expert committee, respondent No.1-Society decided to relieve some of the staﬀ members and therefore it had ﬂoated a Scheme with regard Voluntary Retirement. In pursuance of the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), the appellants-employees were asked to submit their willingness to opt for the said scheme, which they did and their oﬀers were accepted by respondent No.1-Society. It is not in dispute that the amount payable to the appellants-employees was also given by way of cheques, but for the reasons best known to the appellants, they did not get the cheques encashed. 3. After the letter dated 27.04.2005, whereby the oﬀers given by the appellants-employees were accepted by respondent No.1-Society, the appellants-employees by letter dated 28.04.2005 sought to withdraw the oﬀers given by them. The said letter was ignored for the reason that condition No.10 of the Voluntary Retirement Scheme read as under: “Once the request under VRS has been accepted by the organisation and communicated to the employees in writing it shall not be open to the employees to withdraw the request.“ 4. In the circumstances, the appellants-employees had ﬁled the aforesaid writ petition challenging the acceptance of their oﬀers under the VRS. The learned single Judge rejected the petition and therefore this writ appeal has been filed. 5. We have heard the learned Advocates at length. Looking to the fact that as per the condition incorporated in the scheme, it was not open to the appellants to withdraw their oﬀers, in our opinion, the learned single Judge has rightly rejected the petition. It is pertinent to note that about 175 employees had desired to retire voluntarily. The amount payable to them was paid. But, the appellants now desire to withdraw the letter of acceptance. It is also pertinent to note that after acceptance of the oﬀer given by the appellants-employees, the posts, which had been held by 175 employees, have been abolished for administrative reasons. 6. In the circumstances, we do not ﬁnd any valid ground to interfere with the order passed by the learned single Judge. 7. The appeal is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 16, 2008 MRR