IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 14177 of 2003 Between: 1 Gogireddy Venkata Reddy S/o. Appireddy, Secretary, Pachalatadiparru PACS, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Katragadda Nageswara Rao S/o. Obaiah, Secretary, Bharathi Nagar PACS, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Vattikuti Srinivasa Rao S/o. Subbarao, Secretary, Jalagayapalem PACS, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Gaddam Venkateswara Rao S/o. Venkata Subbaiah, Secretary, Doppalapudi PACS, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Maraka Mohan Rao S/o. Venkata Subbaiah, B.K. Palem PACS, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District. 6 Thumuluru Seetha Ramaiah S/o. Raghu Rama Murthy, Taschunder PACS, Guntur District. 7 Kolliperra Lakshmana Rao S/o. Narasimha Rao Pedapalli Gollapalem PACS, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District. 8 Y. Srinivasa Rao S/o. Ramachandra Rao Cherukupalli Branch, Pudivada PACS, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District. 9 Shaik Imam Zafar S/o. Hussain, Vejendla PACS, Chebrolu Mandal, Guntur District. 10 V. Nageswara Rao S/o. Satyanarayana Karampudipadu PACS, Vatti Cherukuri Mandal, Guntur District. 11 Poluri Pitchi Reddy S/o. Sambi Reddy Modukuru PACS, Guntur District. 12 Katuri Venkateswara Rao S/o. Chintaiah Rajolu PACS, Cherukupalli Mandal. 13 Aramanda Suryaprakasa Rao S/o. Venkata Siva Ramaiah Parlie PACS, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. 14 Pedamalluri Venkata Rao S/o. Venkata Ramaiah Chintayapalem PACS, Kerlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. 15 Alapati Rama Rao S/o. Venkata Rao Bethapudi PACS, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District. 16 Danalakota Venkata Chari S/o. Venkata Ramaiah Appikatla PACS, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District. 17 Varikuti Hariprasad S/o. Subbaiah Nallamothuvaripalem PACS, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. 18 Vuyyuru Sambi Reddy S/o. Narasa Reddy, Secretary, Khaza PACS, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District. 19 Dandi Ranga Rao S/o. Anjaiah, Secretart, Khanteru PACS, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District. 20 Thokala Venu Gopala Venkata Apparao, S/o Ankamma Rao Bandarupalli PACS, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District. 21 Vuyyuru Subbarao S/o. Sankara Narayana Penumaka PACS, Thadepalli Mandal, Guntur District. 22 Sabbineni Manohar Prasad S/o. Raghaiah Kondabalavaripalem PACS, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District. 23 Medikonduru Ramanarayana, S/o.Thirupathaih Nekkallu PACS, Thulluru Mandal, Guntur District. 24 Gundimella Vijaya Saradhi S/o. Venkatarajacharyulu Yerrabalam PACS, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District. 25 Kothapalli Prabhakar S/o.K.Ch.B.Chowdary Kuragallu PACS, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Cooperation Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Guntur District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., Rep. by its General Manager,Guntur Guntur District. 4 The District Cooperative Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 5 Pachalatadiparru PACS, Pachalatadiparru, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 6 Bharathi Nagar PACS, Bharathinagar, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 7 Jelagayapalem PACS, Jelagayapalem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 8 Doppalapudi PACS, Doppalapudi, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 9 B.K.Palem PACS, B.K. Palem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 10 Taschunder PACS, Taschunder, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 11 Pedapalli Gollapalem PACS, Pedapalli Gollapalem Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 12 Cherukupalli Branch, Cherukupalli, Pudivada PACS, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in- charge. 13 Vejendla PACS, Vejendla, Chebrolu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 14 Karampudipadu PACS, Karampudipadu, Vatti Cherukuri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 15 Modukuru PACS, Modukuru, Guntur District rep. by its Person-in-charge. 16 Rajolu PACS, Rajolu, Cherukupalli Mandal Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 17 Parlie PACS, Parlie, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 18 Chintayapalem PACS, Chintayapalem, Keriapalem Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 19 Bethapudi PACs, Bethapudi, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 20 Appikatla PACS, Appikatla, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 21 Nallamothuvaripalem PACS, Nallamothuvaripalem, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in- charge. 22 Khaza PACS, Khaza, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 23 Khanteru PACs, Khanteru, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 24 Bandarupalli PACS, Bandarupalli, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 25 Penumaka PACS, Penumaka, Thadepalli Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 26 Kondabalavaripalem PACS, Kondablavaripalem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 27 Nekkallu PACS, Nekkallu, Thulluru Mandal Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 28 Yerrabalam PACS, Yerrabalam, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 29 Kuragallu PACS, Kuragallu, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the salaries to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to pay salaries to the petitioners without reference to Sec. 116-C of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1964. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.SANAKA NARASIMHA RAO Counsel for Respondents 9, 11, 18, 19, 21 and 22: MR.M.V.S.SURESH KUMAR. Counsel for Respondents 1, 2 and 4: GP FOR COOPERATION. The Court made the following Order: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.3171 of 2003 and batch dated 30-8-2004. Following the said judgment, this writ petition is dismissed by and in terms thereof. No costs. 9-9-2004 lvl To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Cooperation Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Guntur District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., Rep. by its General Manager,Guntur Guntur District. 4 The District Cooperative Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 5 Pachalatadiparru PACS, Pachalatadiparru, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 6 Bharathi Nagar PACS, Bharathinagar, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 7 Jelagayapalem PACS, Jelagayapalem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 8 Doppalapudi PACS, Doppalapudi, Ponnur Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 9 B.K.Palem PACS, B.K. Palem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 10 Taschunder PACS, Taschunder, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 11 Pedapalli Gollapalem PACS, Pedapalli Gollapalem Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 12 Cherukupalli Branch, Cherukupalli, Pudivada PACS, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in- charge. 13 Vejendla PACS, Vejendla, Chebrolu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 14 Karampudipadu PACS, Karampudipadu, Vatti Cherukuri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 15 Modukuru PACS, Modukuru, Guntur District rep. by its Person-in-charge. 16 Rajolu PACS, Rajolu, Cherukupalli Mandal Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 17 Parlie PACS, Parlie, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 18 Chintayapalem PACS, Chintayapalem, Keriapalem Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 19 Bethapudi PACs, Bethapudi, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 20 Appikatla PACS, Appikatla, Bapatla Mandal, Guntur District. rep. by its Person-in-charge. 21 Nallamothuvaripalem PACS, Nallamothuvaripalem, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in- charge. 22 Khaza PACS, Khaza, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 23 Khanteru PACs, Khanteru, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 24 Bandarupalli PACS, Bandarupalli, Thadikonda Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 25 Penumaka PACS, Penumaka, Thadepalli Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 26 Kondabalavaripalem PACS, Kondablavaripalem, Kakumanu Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 27 Nekkallu PACS, Nekkallu, Thulluru Mandal Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 28 Yerrabalam PACS, Yerrabalam, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 29 Kuragallu PACS, Kuragallu, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, rep. by its Person-in-charge. 30 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Cooperation, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.(OUT) 31 2CD copies.