IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 1395 of 1999 Between: S.Venkatesulu S/o.S.Kondappa Director of Printing Presss Farmers Training Centre Anantapur ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Deputy Director Farmers Training Centre, Ananthapur 2 The Joint Director of Agriculture Ananthapur, Anantapur District 3 The Commissioner of Agriculture Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4 The State of Andhra Pradesh rep.by the Secretary to Govt. F&A Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 5 Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal rep.by the Registrar Purani Haveli, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction under Art.226 of the Constitution of India and set aside the orders of the Tribunal Dt.20/11/1998 in OA.No.2062/97 with directions to 4th respondent to sanction the scale of pay at least applicable to the last grade servants for the period of service put in my him before retirement with increments and other consequential beneﬁts and pass such other order as may be deemed fit in the circumstances. Counsel for the Petitioner: MS.S.TRIPURA SUNDARI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following : ORDER: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.1395 of 1999 ORDER : ( per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed ) This writ petition is ﬁled against the order dated 20- 11-1998 passed in OA No.2062 of 1997 by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Service-II. Perused the impugned order. 3. The applicant-writ petitioner herein filed the said OA to quash the order dated 13-3-1997 passed by the 3rd respondent in Memo dated 13-3-1997, whereunder the request of the petitioner for regularization of his services as Compositor-cum-Machine man, has been rejected. 4. The facts stated are that the petitioner was appointed as Compositor-cum-Machine man on 7-1-1982 on being sponsored by the employment exchange at the age of 48 years. It is stated that he retired from service on 30-4-1993. 5. The matter was contested by the respondents by ﬁling counter aﬃdavit, interalia stating that the petitioner was engaged as contingent worker at the age of 48 years on a consolidated salary of Rs.280/- per month and, subsequently as per rules, his pay was revised to Rs.740/- per month plus usual allowances. 6. The Tribunal by the impugned order having considered the rival contentions and the material on record observed that to wok as Compositor in a Printing Press, one was required to possess technical qualiﬁcation and inasmuch as the petitioner was not holding any technical qualiﬁcation and he was retired from service by the time he ﬁled the OA, rejected the relief sought for by the petitioner to regularize his services as Compositor-cum-Machine man, which in the facts and circumstances of the case does not warrant any interference by this Court. 7. In the result, the writ petition fails and it is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ Ghulam Mohammed, J ____________________ G. Bhavani Prasad, J Dated: 10th September, 2008 Nrg. ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TPK}