THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26906 of 1997 DATED: 24.04.2007 Between: Battula Devadas and others. .. Petitioners And The Branch Manager, Dachepalli Branch, State Bank of India, Guntur District, and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26906 of 1997 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking Mandamus with the following reliefs: “directing the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners into the service of the Respondents’ Bank, from the date of first appointments or Empanelment in 1989 & 1991, after declaring that the incorporation of sentence “Cadre should be taken that they are issued letters of appointment for a specified period and not allow them to complete more than 131 days of service in a consecutive 12 calender months” as arbitrary, illegal and against tenants of Law and consequently direct the respondents to grant all consequential benefits such as Seniority, Backwages etc. to the petitioners and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the interest of justice”. (2) Learned counsel for the respondents states that the issue that arises for consideration in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the judgment of the Division Bench reported in STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS v. M.RAJAIAH AND OTHERS[1]. (3) In view of the State Bank of India’s case referred supra, this Writ Petition is also liable to be dismissed. (4) Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________ (C.V.RAMULU, J) 24-04-2007 v v [1] 1998 (4) ALD 211 (DB)