HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED WRIT PETITION NO. 3879 OF 2000 Between: Y. Hari Mohan Prasad Rao S/o Appa Rao and four others ..... PETITIONERS AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Secretary Education and five others .....RESPONDENTS ORAL ORDER: Challenging the order dated 4.12.1999 passed by the first respondent the present Writ Petition is filed. When the matter is taken up, the learned Government Pleader for Education submits that this Writ Petition is squarely covered by a Full Bench Decision of this Court reported in STATE LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ASSOCATION, HYDERABAD VS. STATE OF A.P (FB)[1], wherein the Full Bench while disposing of the Writ Petition Nos. 21457,23506 of 2004 and batch observed as under: “(i) The impugned Act is constitutionally valid and does not violate Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution; (ii) The impugned Act does not amount to usurpation of judicial powers of Legislature. It only removed the basis for the decision of this Court in PCS Naidu V. Correspondent, SSRSO Upper Primary School, and it is not ultra vires; (2004(1)ALD 152 (DB). (iii) The impugned Act is silent with regard to recovery of the amounts already paid to those Grade-II Pandits who availed the benefit under G.O.Ms.No. 330, dated 10.8.1983 and hence the Government shall not recover any amount actually and already paid to any of the Language Pandits Grade-II who were given benefit of Scale of Pay of Grade-I.” Following the above decision reported in STATE LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, HYDERABAD VS. STATE OF A.P. (supra-1), this Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J DATE: 2.12.2010 KA ... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. 2 CD copies. [1] 2010 (3) ALD 744 (FB)