HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.23797 of 2006 Between N. Chandrasekhar and others Petitioners AND Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department and others Respondents :: JUDGMENT :: Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri V.Srinivas for Sri K.R.Prabhakar Counsel for the respondents: Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj 29-11-2006 Per G.S.Singhvi, CJ In this petition, the petitioners have prayed as under: “It is therefore, necessary in the interests of justice that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring action of the Respondents in not continuing myself and the other petitioners herein as Panchayat Secretaries on contract basis by extending the benefit of the orders of this Hon’ble Court in W.P.No.16383 of 2006, dt. 28.9.2006 as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, discriminatory, thereby violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and also violative of principles of natural justice while declaring the inaction of the Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in passing orders in the Miscellaneous Application No.3334 of 2006 in O.A.No.2707 of 2006 as illegal, unjust, arbitrary and discriminatory and issue a consequential direction to the Respondents to continue us in our respective places as Panchayat Secretaries on contract basis by extending the benefit of the orders of this Hon’ble Court in W.P.No.16383 of 2006, dt. 28.9.2006 and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” At the hearing, Sri V.Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioner fairly conceded that the issue raised in this petition is squarely covered by W.P.No.2339 of 2006 which was dismissed on 16.11.2006 along with a batch of similar petitions. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed with the direction that the detailed reasons recorded in the order passed in Writ Petition No.2339 of 2006 and batch shall be read as part of this order. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29.11.2006. psr