IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 1943 of 1999 Between: 1 Dr.S. Karnakar Reddy, S/o Venkat Reddy, R/o Nallakunta, Hyderabad. 2 Dr.R. Srikanth, S/o Raghava Chary, Srinagar Colony, Amberpet, Hyderabad 3 Dr. U.Laxminarayana, S/o U. Narsingh, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Science and Technolgy, Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Technology Bhavan, New Mehravli Road, New Delhi-110 016 2 University Grants Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 3 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Rep. by Under Secretary, CSIR Complex, New Delhi- 110 012 .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 write of mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action respondents in proceeding No.F4-2/97(SA-I), dt.01-09-1998 not extending the benefit of revised pay scales with effect 01-01-1996 to research associates as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to extent the benefit of pay basing on the recommendation of V pay commission to Research Associates with effect from 01-01-1996 instead of 01-04-1998 or pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.B. Narasimha Sarma (S.C. for Central Government ) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.1943 of 1999 ORDER: It is represented on behalf of Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _______________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date: 21st April, 2008 pnb To 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Science and Technolgy, Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehravli Road, New Delhi-110 016 2 University Grants Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 3 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Rep. by Under Secretary, CSIR Complex, New Delhi- 110 012 4. Two C.D. copies