IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 33880 of 1998 Between: 1 B.S. Sayeed s/o Rasool Saheb A.P. Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation, B.R.K.Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2 S. Anandpaul s/o Andrew Paul A.P. Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation, B.R.K.Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND Andhra Pradesh Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation, Rep. by its Managing Director, B.R.K.Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a Writ order or direction especially one in the nature of Mandamus :- (i) to declare the impugned circular No. E/C-36/HYD/98/D-1050, dated: 17-10-1998 of the respondent Corporation, in so far as it aﬀects the rights of the Petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and oﬀends Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India; (ii) to direct the respondent to pay increments due to the ﬁrst petitioner from 01-01-1996 and continue to pay the same; (iii) to direct the respondent to pay the increments due to the 2nd petitioners from October, 1995 including the selection grade scale of Rs.1380-2750 from 01- 10-1996; (iv) to direct the respondent to pay interest on the amounts due to the petitioners @ 18% per annum; and (v) to grant such other relief or as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the Case. Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.RAMANUJA CHARI The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioners seeking for a direction to the respondent to pay increments by declaring the impugned circular No.E/C-36/HYD/98/D- 1050, dated 17-10-1998 of the respondent-Corporation, in so far as it aﬀects the rights of the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and oﬀends Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India. This Court on 04-12-1998 while issuing rule nisi and issuing the notice in the WPMP, permitted the writ petitioners to take out notice to the respondent. The learned counsel for the petitioner on record as on the date of ﬁling of the writ petition is expired and none had ﬁled vakalat on behalf of the petitioners, therefore, this Court sent notices to the petitioners on 27- 02-2008. The said notices were returned with an endorsement “party retired”. In view of the same, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. __________________ 06th September, 2008 SKM