HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 4302 of 2010 DATE: 25.02.2010 Between: Mopidevi Eswara Rao … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowment) Department, Hyderabad and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 4302 of 2010 ORDER: According to the petitioner, he has been working as barber in the 4th respondent temple for the last 15 years and his remuneration was fixed at Rs.25/- per day. On the recommendation of the 3rd respondent, the 2nd respondent has issued Circular No.A1/8485/2008 dated 31.03.2008 fixing the remuneration of the barbers at Rs.4/- per ticket, with effect from 01.04.2008. The said benefit was extended to all the barbers working in the 4th respondent temple, except the petitioner. Aggrieved thereby, he submitted a representation to the 2nd respondent on 03.06.2009 and another representation to the 1st respondent on 26.06.2009. But however, as no orders have yet been passed by the respondents 1 and 2 on his representations, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Endowments. 3. When the benefit under Circular No.A1/8485/2008 dated 31.03.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent has been extended to similarly placed barbers like the petitioner in the 4th respondent temple, there is no justification in not extending the said benefit to the petitioner. Moreover, when the petitioner submitted representations, in this regard, to the respondents 1 and 2, they should have passed appropriate orders. 4. In the result, the writ petition is allowed, at the stage of admission, and respondents 1 and 2 are hereby directed to forthwith consider the representations of the petitioner dated 03.06.2009 and 26.06.2009 and instruct the 4th respondent to extend the benefit to the petitioner on par with other barbers, by implementing Circular No.A1/8485/2008 dated 31.03.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 25th February, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.4302 of 2010 (Allowed) 25th February, 2010 CBS