THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G. SHANKAR WRIT PETITION NO. 4171 OF 2011 AND WRIT PETITION NO. 4203 OF 2011 COMMON ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.G. Shankar) The respondents, who are arrayed as 1st respondent in both the writ petitions, were appointed on compassionate grounds. Their annual increments were not released on the ground that their probation was not declared. The A.P. Administrative Tribunal (for brevity ‘the Tribunal’) considered that their services deserved to be regularized and increments deserved to be released. We see no reason to interfere with the order of the Tribunal for the reason that there is no error in the order of the Tribunal. The facts of the case, which led to the filing of the O.A before the Tribunal, are that the respondents were working as office subordinates in Government Junior College, Tallarevu, East Godavari District. Their appointments were on compassionate grounds in clear vacancies. But, though they had joined in service in the year 2000 and 2002, the annual increments of both the respondents were not released till 2008 and 2005, respectively, on the ground that their services were not regularized. Aggrieved by the same, the respondents approached the Tribunal by filing the present O.As. The Tribunal observed that the action of the petitioners in withholding the increments and not regularizing the services of the respondents is unjust. Accordingly, the writ petitioners were directed to regularize the services of the respondents and to release their annual increments. The Tribunal inter alia held that Rule 18(b)(ii) of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Services Rules assumed that the services were deemed to have been completed with successful completion of probation, since the probation was not specifically extended. Consequently, the Tribunal considered that the services of the respondents herein were deemed to have been regularized. As already pointed out, the impugned order does not suffer from any error. The Tribunal is perfectly justified in issuing the directions through the impugned order. We, therefore, find no merits in these writ petitions. The orders of the Tribunal do not suffer from any error apparent and deserve to be confirmed. Accordingly, the impugned orders are confirmed. However, this order shall not be treated as a precedent in the case of other employees. The petitioners shall comply with the directions issued by the Tribunal in its orders, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Both the writ petitions are disposed of accordingly. __________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J _______________ K.G. SHANKAR, J February 28, 2011 SP/KVR THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G. SHANKAR WRIT PETITION NO. 4171 OF 2011 AND WRIT PETITION NO. 4203 OF 2011 (Common order of the Division Bench delivered by Hon’ble Sri Justice K.G. Shankar) Dated : February 28, 2011 SP/KVR