THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY W.P.No.2518 OF 2007 BETWEEN: Y. Kusuma Kumari, D/o. Lakshminarayana and two others …Petitioners and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Education, Rep.by its Secretary, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad and two others … Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY W.P.No.2518 OF 2007 ORDER: Heard both sides. 2. The petitioners herein along with the writ petition filed W.P.M.P.No.24661 of 2009 requesting to direct the respondents to consider their representation for regularization for Record Assistant or in Last Grade Service, in view of the definition of Educational Institution provided under Section 2(18) of the A.P.Education Act, 1982(for short ‘the Act’). The main relief is regularization or absorption of the petitioners into sanctioned grant-in-aid post. 3. Commissioner of Collegiate Education passed an order dated 23.08.2008 in Rc.No.85/AdmnIII-2/2008 observing that the petitioners are not eligible for regularization of their services as per G.O.Ms.No.212 Fin & Plg department, dated 22.04.1994 as the college is aided but not the hostel, the transfer of the petitioners from the hostel to college is irregular, their services rendered in the hostel cannot be clubbed to the collegiate services. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that as per Clause 2(18) of the Act, the hostel attached to the college is an educational institution, as such, the petitioners are entitled for regularization/absorption and that the Commissioner of Collegiate Education has passed the order, dated 23.08.2008 without considering that question. 5. In the above circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the question as to whether the petitioners, who are working in the hostel are eligible to be considered for regularization. Appropriate orders in this regard have to be passed within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 9th October 2009 Rns