HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.3992 of 2005 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not regularizing the services of the petitioner as Programmer/Assistant Executive Officer though he completed five years of service and satisfies other conditions which were laid down in G.O.Ms.No.212 Finance and Planning Department dated 22/04/1994 as arbitrary and illegal, and consequently, to direct the respondents to pay the minimum scale attached to the post on par with the regular employees on the principle of equal pay for equal work. It appears the petitioner is a graduate in Technology (B.Tech.,) and appointed as a Programmer into the respondent organization on 08/06/1999 on a consolidated pay of Rs.3,000/-. In 2002, the consolidated remuneration was increased to Rs.5,000/-. While that being so, he is being continued as such till date without any break. According to the petitioner, he made a representation on 22/04/2003 seeking regularization of the services as Programmer/Assistant Executive Officer in the respondent organization. As per terms of G.O.Ms.No.212, Finance and Planning Department dated 22/04/1994 when his services were not regularized, he filed the present writ petition. A detailed counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents denying the allegations made by the petitioner and further asserted that G.O.Ms.No.212 dated 22/04/1994 is not at all applicable to the case of the petitioner. The said GO is applicable for those who have completed five years of service as on 25/11/1993 and not otherwise. Be that as it may, learned counsel for the petitioner stated that the respondents are intending to regularize the services of the employees in its organization, therefore, they have addressed a letter dated 01/02/2010 and further called for information and applications from individual employees by U.O.Note dated 31/03/2010 issued by the Krishna District Scheduled Caste Service Cooperative Society, Machilipatnam, and accordingly, he had already submitted the details of his service particulars and other documents as required seeking regularization of the services and the same is under consideration. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the application purported to have been made by the petitioner seeking regularization of his services after 31/03/2010 and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. However, the services of the petitioner shall not be discontinued during the pendency of such consideration. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 16th April, 2010 SKM