IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.552 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 25-04-2008 in W.P.No.874 OF 2003 on the file of the High Court) Between: 1 L.Chinnabba Mandadi S/o Kannaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 2 N.Subramanyam S/o Kannaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 3 P.Madhava Reddy S/o Kannaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 4 K.Subramanyam S/o K.Ramaiah Chetty H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 5 P.Pattabhi Reddy S/o P.Janakirama Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 6 M.Reddeppa Reddy S/o M.Venkataswamy Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 7 G.Venkata Ramana S/o G.Nagamallaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 8 S.Saravana S/o A.M.Sivalingam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 9 R.Venkata Reddy S/o R.Valliyamma H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 10 V.Lakshmipathi s/o V.Krsihnama Naidu 11 P.Subramanyam s/o P.Govindaiah 12 A.Narasimulu s/o A.Kannayya 13 M.Subramanyam s/o Rajagopala Naidu 14 P.Raja Rathnam s/o P.Gopalaiah 15 S.Basheer s/o Allabaksha 16 M.Raghu s/o M.Subramanyam Naidu 17 P.Venkatapathi Reddy s/o P.Jiji Reddy 18 A.T.Shankar s/o AC.Tulasiram 19 G.Munaiah s/o G.Venkataswamy 20 V.Krishnapillai s/o M.Viswanadhapillai 21 M.Subramanyam s/o M.Varadharajulu 22 V.subramanyam s/o V.Krishnaiah 23 P.Rajendrachari s/o P.Krishnama Chari 24 S.Basha s/o S.Sukur 25 K.Krishnaiah s/o Ramaiah 26 P.Umapathy s/o P.Krishnaiah 27 K.Sivalingam s/o Kodandai 28 Y.Munaswamy s/o Y.Krishnaiah 29 V.Muneendra s/o V.Doraswamy 30 S.Sasirekha w/o S.Damodharam 31 A.Subramanyam Reddy s/o A.Ranga Reddy 32 K.Chenga Mandadi s/o K.Sivalinga Mandadi 33 B.Govinda Chetty S/o Doraswamy Chetty 34 K.Jagadeeswar s/o K.Gopal Chetty 35 J.Siddaiah s/o J.Subbaiah 36 K.Kesavulu s/o K.Chengaiah Naidu 37 D.Chalapathy s/o D.Doraswamy 38 R.Anji s/o R.Ramaiah 39 V.Hari Babu s/o V.Vadivelu Nattar 40 P.D.Kumar s/o N.S.Palani 41 R.Shanmugam s/o R.Raja H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 42 M.Ravi s/o Ramalingam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 43 S.Venkateswarlu s/o Late Subramanyam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 44 M.Sampath s/o M.Ramaiah Chetty H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 45 K.Dasaradhan s/o Kandhappa Gounder H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 46 K.Ramachandran s/o K.Krishnaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 47 S.Sreenivasulu Mandadi s/o S.Varadha mandadi H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 48 V.Guruswamy s/o Veeraswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 49 V.Jayaramudu s/o V.Munaswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 50 G.Rajendra s/o G.Lakshmaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 51 K.Gunasekhar s/o K.Venkataswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 52 P.Govindaswamy s/o P.Munaswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 53 K.Dhakshinmoorthy s/o K.Nallaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 54 A.Mohanraj s/o Amalanadhan H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 55 A.Jagannadha Reddy s/o A.Jayarami Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 56 R.Chennakesavulu s/o R.Venkatarathnam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 57 A.Sankar Reddy s/o A.Papi Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 58 J.Mohan Reddy s/o J.Reddeppa Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 59 G.Surendra Reddy s/o G.Gangi Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 60 G.Venkataramana Reddy s/o Veeram Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 61 T.Prabhakar Reddy s/o T.Venkataramana Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 62 T.Ramamoorthy s/o Kannaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 63 O.Narayana s/o O.Venkataswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 64 P.Raghava Reddy s/o P.Rami Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 65 E.Bhaskar s/o E.Munaswamy Mandadi H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 66 R.Waltar s/o R.Rajarathnam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 67 K.Mahesh s/o K.Chithraiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 68 V.Ravi s/o K.Venkata Swamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 69 S.Krishnudu s/o S.Subramanyam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 70 S.Abdul Kareem s/o Dasthagiri Saheb H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 71 B.Narayanaswamy s/o B.Nagaraju H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 72 T.Sudhakar Chetty s/o T.Sankaraiah Chetty H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 73 R.Rajendran s/o Arigan H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 74 G.Chinnadorai s/o gangan H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 75 K.Munaswamy s/o Manikyam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 76 S.Rooban s/o M.Salaman H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 77 G.Purushotham s/o Kodandapani H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 78 E.Subramanyam s/o E.Venkataswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 79 S.Ebhinasan s/o Sigamani H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 80 T.Shanmugam s/o Thanigachalam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 81 G.Chinnabba s/o Govindaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 82 N.Sreenivasulu s/o Pedda Venkata Ramaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 83 D.Deenadayalan s/o V.D.Sundram H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 84 Mogiligowdu s/o Siddaiah Gowdu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 85 S.Santhakumari w/o Yesudas H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 86 N.Yayathi s/o N. Narasimhulu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 87 M.Venkatachalamaiah s/o Venkataramaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 88 S.Fairojibee w/o S.Kalesha H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 89 A.Venkatadri s/o A.Chinnadora H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 90 K.Balaram s/o K.Krishnama Chari H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 91 K.Subramanyam s/o K.Chinnaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 92 A.Indrababu s/o Krishnaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 93 S.Chandrasekhar s/o N.Sivaprakasham H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 94 D.Surendra babu s/o D.Ranganadha Chetty H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 95 R.Subramanyam s/o Raji H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 96 P.Gunasekharadu s/o K.Pandaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 97 V.Velayudam s/o Vinayaka H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 98 B.Subramanyam Naidu s/o B.Chinnabba Naidu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 99 S.Thomas s/o M.Salaman H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 100 D.Santhosam s/o Dorairaj H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 101 P.Ramesh Babu s/o P.Konda Reddy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 102 M.Kuppaiah Naidu s/o M.Rajgopal Naidu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 103 C.Chinnaswamy s/o Late Rathnam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 104 A.Nagaraj s/o A.Ramaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 105 S.Bhaskar s/o S.Subrahmanyam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 106 K.Ramakrishnaiah s/o K.Nagaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 107 A.Ramamoorthy s/o A.Govindarajulu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 108 S.Chakravarthi s/o Somaraj H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 109 R.Eswara modali s/o Rajamodali H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 110 P.Sreeramulu s/o P.Munaswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 111 P.Murugan s/o P.Perumal H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 112 P.Dhanaraj s/o Ponnuswamy H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 113 N.Nagaraj s/o N.Babu Rao H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 114 A.Sundaraj s/o Anandaraj H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 115 T.S.Janardhan s/o T.V.Sundaraj H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 116 P.Madhusudhan s/o P.Krishnaiah H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 117 V.Peeter s/o Vedanayakam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 118 D.David s/o Dharmalingam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 119 S.Vijayan s/o N.Subbanaidu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 120 S.Gnanasekhar s/o N.Sivaprakasam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 121 G.Muragaiah s/o N.sivaprakasam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 122 S.Mohd.Mustafa s/o s.Mastan Saheb H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 123 V.C.Muthu s/o Venkatachalam H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 124 A.Devraj s/o Anandaraju H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 125 K.Munirajulu H.No.3-364.,Godugumur., Greamspet, Chittoor, Chittoor District. .... APPELLANTS AND 1 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary, Animal Husbandry Dairy Development & Fisheries Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The A.P. Dairy Development Coop., Federation, Rep. by its Managing Director, Lalapet, Hyderabad. 3 Chittoor District Co-op Milk Producers U Chittoor. 4 Prl.Secretary to the Govt. Public Enterpr. Secretariat., Hyderabad. 5 The Govt. of AP rep. by its Prl. Secretary, Labour Employment Dept., Secretariat, Hyd. (R5 is impleaded as per court order dt. 26-6-2003 in wpmp 15193 of 2003) 6 The Liquidator, Chittoor District Co-op. Milk Producer's Union Ltd., Milk Products Factory, Chittoor (R6 is impleaded as per court order dt. 11-7-2006 in WPMP 17255 of 2006) ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for Appellants: Mr. G. VIDYASAGAR Counsel for respondents: G.P. for Animal Husbandry, Mr. D.V. Bhadram, Mr. N. Rajeswara Rao and Mr. Dilip Rao. The Court made the following: Judgment: (Per Hon’ble The Chief Justice Sri Anil R. Dave) Aggrieved by an order dated 25-04-2008 passed in W.P.No.874 of 2003, this appeal has been filed. In our opinion, the appeal has become infructuous for the following reasons. In the petition, petitioners-employees had challenged the validity of the order dated 29-08-2002 whereby their services had been terminated. It was the case of the petitioners that they had been working for more than twenty years and therefore their services ought not to have been terminated. During the pendency of the petition, by order dated 29-07-2003, the respondent-society had been ordered to be wound up under the provisions of Section 64 of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1964. In pursuance of Section 65 of the said Act, liquidator had been appointed so as to see that the assets of the society are liquidated and the sale proceeds are disbursed among the petitioners-employees. It has been fairly submitted by learned Advocate Mr. G. Vidyasagar, appearing for the appellants-writ petitioners that amount of salary payable to the original petitioners, upto 29-07-2003, i.e. the date of winding up, has been duly paid to them. In pursuance of the order of winding up passed under Section 64 of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1964, in our opinion, relief prayed for cannot be granted as the respondent-society has already been ordered to be wound up. We are sure that if any amount is payable to the appellants-employees, the liquidator would make payment as soon as possible and the liquidator shall also see that the assets are liquidated as soon as possible so that the liquidation proceedings can be brought to an end at an early date. The appeal stands disposed of as having become infructuous. _________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. July 3, 2008 MRR