IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 16040 of 1999 Between: 1.Jonnada Krishna Rao, S/o. Suryanarayana, Hindu, R/o. Raghavendrapuram Village, Guthenadevi Post, Via Yanam, I.Polavaram Mandal, E.G.District - 533 464. 2.Palla Bhairava Murty, S/o. Satyanarayana, Hindu, Borragattu, A-inapuram Post, Mummidivaram Mandal, E.G.District - 533 216. 3.J.V.V.Satyanarayana, S/o. Venkat Reddy, Hindu, Kesanakurru Post, Chakirevu Cheruvu, I.Polavaram Mandal, E.G.District - 533 220. 4.Kunche Venkateswarlu, S/o. China Venkata Reddy, Hindu, G.Veeravaram (Kodapa) Via Yanam, Guthenedevi Post, I.Polavaram Mandal, E.G.District - 533 464. 5.Mortha Krishna Murty, S/o. Saheb, Karavakalanka Village, Guthenadevi Post, I.Polavaram Mandal, E.G.District - 533 464. 6.Chilli Srinivasu, S/o. Abbulu, Hindu, Korumilly, Vakatippa Village E.G.District. 7.Pinnamaraju Vissanna Raju, S/o. Rama Brahmam, Hindu, Tanelanka, Mummidivaram, E.G.District. 8.Kadali Siva Sankar, S/o. Suryanarayana, Hindu, Tanelanka, Mummidivaram, E.G.District. 9.Pithani Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Chandra Rao, Hindu, Vadapalem Post, Kothapeta Mandal, E.G.District. 10.Govvala Satyanarayana, S/o. Veeranna, Hindu, Janupalli (B.PO), Amalapuram Mandal, E.G.District. PIN 533 202. 11.Mallula Malleswara Rao, S/o. Narayana Murthy, Hindu, Indupalli, Amalapuram, E.G.District. 12.Vithanala Srimannarayana, C/o. Mallula Narayana Murthy, Hindu, Indupalli, Amalapuram Mandal, E.G.District. 13.Totharamudi Hari Venkata Satyanarayana, S/o. Kondala Rao, Hindu, Pithanivaraipalem, Near Red Bridge, Amalapuram Post, E.G.District - 533 201. 14.Totharamudi Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Subba Ro, Hindu, Pithanivaraipalem, Amalapuram Post, E.G.District - 533 201. 15.Gokarakonda Venkayya, S/o. Bhaskara Rao, Hindu, Basavaiaha Naidu Street, Near Fire Station, Amalapuram, E.G.District - 533 201. 16.Peketi Naga Sairam, S/o. PSR Mohana Rao, Hindu, Choultry Street, Palivela-533 229, Kothapeta Mandal, E.G.District. 17.Santapuri Prakash, S/o. Rajendra Prasad, Hindu, C/o. Sri D.B.Venkata Rao, ALM, Lingamparthi Village, Yeleswaram Mandal, E.G.District. 18.Nekkanti Venkata Suresh, S/o. Subba Rao, Hindu, R/o. Navata Road Transport, Building (Canal Road), Ravulapalem-533 238. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Transmission Corporation of A.P.Ltd., Rep. by its The Chairman- cum-Member Secretary, Trans.Co.A.P., Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-49. 2 The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, Trans.Co.A.P., Ltd., Power House, Near Kumari Talkies, Rajahmundry-1, E.G.Districtr. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.NARASIMHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following: Order: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners. Heard Sri P.Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The petitioners, who claimed to have worked as contract labourers, seek their absorption as regular employees of respondent No.1-Corporation. They have relied on the judgments of the Supreme Court, wherein directions were given to regularize the services of the daily wage workers, who completed 240 days of service. The law on the issue of regularization has got crystallized, after this writ petition is filed with the Constitution Bench Judgment of the Supreme Court in State of Karnataka v. Umadevi (3)[1], which is reiterated recently by the Supreme Court in Official Liquidator v. Dayanand[2]. In view of these two authoritative pronouncements of the Supreme Court, the petitioners cannot claim absorption as of right merely on account of their working as daily wage labourers or contract labourers for specific periods. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, W.P.M.P.No.19786 of 1999 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J. Date: 19.12.2008 VGB [1] (2006) 4 SCC 1 [2] (2008) 10 SCC 1