IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4718 of 2003 Between: B. Prabhakar S/o Narsaiah Sree Visvesvarayya Institute of Technology and Science, Mahaboobnagar District. R/o Choppakatlapalem, Via B-Padu, Yerrupalem Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Rep. by its Registrar JNTU Campus, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary and Correspondent, Sree Visvesvaraiah Institute of Technology and Science, Mahabubnagar. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction(s) essentially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents herein to pay the salary attached to the post of Lecturer of ECE and Mechanical as prescribed by the University Grants Commissioner and A.I.C.T.E., with effect from 16-07-2001 onwards for discharging the duties of Lecturer in E.C.E. and Mechanical in the Respondent No.2 College on the Principle of Equal pay for Equal work, by holding the action of the Respondent in paying only a consolidated salary of Rs.4,500/- per month while taking the work of a Lecturer in ECE and Mechanical from the petitioner as bad, illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, opposed to the principles of Natural Justice and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.SUDHEER Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 4718 of 2003 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner, who is working as a Teaching Assistant in the 2nd respondent- college pursuant to his appointment order dated 10-03- 2001, seeking directions to the 2nd respondent-college to pay salary of Rs.13,500/- p.m. attached to the post of Lecturer in E.C.E. and Mechanical, with effect from 16-07-2001, as prescribed by the University Grants Commission. No counter has been filed by the respondents. The petitioner seeks the above direction by way of a Writ of Mandamus, pursuant to his appointment order dated 10-03-2001 issued by the 2nd respondent-college. A perusal of the said appointment order discloses that the petitioner was appointed as a Teaching Assistant in the E.C.E. on a consolidated remuneration of Rs.4,500/- per month. Though the petitioner seeks such a direction for payment of salary @ Rs.13,500/- per month, based on some guidelines alleged to have been issued by the University Grants Commission, but no such guidelines are placed before this Court. The petitioner also has not placed any directives issued by the Education Department, fixing the scales of Lecturers working in the private un-aided technical institutions. For the above said reasons, I do not find any merit in this Writ Petition for grant of directions, as prayed for, and accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________ 19.02.2009 CBS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITOIN No. 4718 of 2003 Date: 19.02.2009 CBS