IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19180 OF 2009 Between: S. Madhava Reddy & 5 others ……Petitioner AND The Commissioner, Office of the Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad & 4 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19180 OF 2009 ORDER: Heard both sides. 2. Grievance of the petitioners is that as per the agreement, they have to work in Krishna District only for a period of two years and that they were compelled to attend counselling, where they were coerced to give consent for transfer and on that basis they were transferred to Mahbubnagar to which place they cannot go being low paid employees getting only Rs.6,000/- per month. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for respondent No.3 is that as there were surplus Additional Programme Officers, their services were proposed to be used where requirement is there, as such, the petitioners were transferred to Mahbubnagar for which they have given consent. 4. At this stage, it is very difficult to accept the contention of the petitioners that they were coerced to give consent as they are highly educated people and according to the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners are post-graduates. Hence, the contention that the petitioners were threatened to give consent to work at Mahbubnagar cannot be accepted prima facie. 5. In the circumstances, I see no grounds to interfere with the impugned order. However, it is made clear that the petitioners can still join at Mahbubnagar and they have to be paid for the entire period by the respondents, if they join at Mahbubnagar, as on account of status quo order, some confusion occurred. 6. With the above observations and directions, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 8, 2009. PV