IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 3642 of 2008 Between: 1 M.Loaknadh Dass S/o. Narasimha Dass 2 Ch. Nagarajuna ,S/o.China Nagaiah 3 S.Srinivasa Rao S/o.Veera Swamy 4 P.V.Srinivasa Rao, S/o.P.Sri Rama Chandra Murthy 5 L.Venkateswarlu, S/o.Lotaiah, 6 R.Srinivasa Rao, S/o.R.Sanyasi Rao, 7 Ch.Anjaneyulu S/o.Hanumaiah, 8 BRatna Prasad,S/o.Koteswara Rao, 9 B.S.R.Chandra Murthy,S/o.Somayajulu, 10 V.David S/o.Daniel, 11 S.D.Koteswara Rao,S/o.Radha Krishna Murthy, 12 K.Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy,s/o.Venkata Reddy 13 G.Muralidhar Rao,S/o. G.Apparao, 14 G.Paul Sunder Raj S/o.G.Devavaram 15 G.Renu Kumar,S/o.Gopala Krishna Murthy, 16 C.Adi Narayana Reddy So.Narayana Reddy, 17 K.Venkatewara Reddy,So.Koti Reddy, 18 S.Venkatewarlu, S/o. Veeraiah, 19 K.Rameh Babu S/o.K.P.Pullaiah, 20 R.L.Prakash S/o.R.Anjaneyulu, (All are working in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, G.H.M.C.Office, Tankband, Hyderabad.) ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner and Special Officer, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Tank Bund, Hyderabad. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, MA & UD Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 B. Shasidhar S/o. B. Krishna Murthy, Asst. Executive Engineer, 4 M. Venkanna S/o.Dasaradha Ramaiah, Asst. Executive Engineer, (RR 3 and RR 4 formal Parties) .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ order or direction call for the impugned Judgment in O.A No. 4207/2007 dated 8-2-2008 of the Administrative Tribunal and set aside the same as illegal, invalid unjust and unconstitutional and consequently declare the petitioners are entitled to be continued in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation as per the posting orders with all benefits. -2- The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI G.V.L. MURHTY, Advocate for the Petitioners and of Smt. Kalpana Ekbote, S.C. for GHMC for the respondent No.1 and of the Govt. Pleader for Municipal Administration for the respondent No.2, the Court made the following: ORDER: Post along with W.P.Nos. 3547 and 3607 of 2008 under the caption ‘ for pronouncement of judgment’ on 28-02-2008 at 4. p.m. In the meanwhile, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner and Special Officer, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Tank Bund, Hyderabad. 2. The Principal Secretary to Government, MA & UD Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. ( 1 and 2 BY SPL. MESSENGER) 3. The Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 4. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Municipal Administration, High court of A.P.Hyderabad. (By SPL. MESSENGER) 5. One C.C.to Smt. Kalpana Ekbote, S.C. for GHMC, High court of A.P.Hyderabad. (BY SPL. MESSENGER) 6. One C.C.to Sri G.V.L. Murthy, Advocate. (OPUC) 7. one spare copy. HIGH COURT DSRV.J & GBP.J DATED 22-2-2008 POST ALONG WITH W.P.NOS. 3547 And 3607 of 2008 UNDER THE CAPTION ‘ FOR PRONOUNCEMENT OF JUDGMENT ON 28-02-2008 AT 4. P.M. ORDER W.P.NO. 3642 OF 2008 STATUS QUO Bsr Dt. 23-2-2008 HIGH COURT DSRV.J & GBP.J DATED 22-2-2008 POST ALONG WITH W.P.NOS. 3547 And 3607 of 2008 UNDER THE CAPTION ‘ FOR PRONOUNCEMENT OF JUDGMENT ON 28-02-2008 AT 4. P.M. ORDER W.P.NO. 3642 OF 2008 STATUS QUO