IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20975 of 1995 Between: 1 L.Athmananda Naidu S/o Gurrappa Naidu, Jr. Asst., Prl.Munsif Magistrate’s Court, Madanepalli Chittoor District 2 B.Reddy Sudhakar Rao S/o Nagaraja Rao, Telugu Typist, 1st Addl.Munsif Megistrate's Court Madanepalli Chittoor District 3 K.Vijaya Subba Rao S/o Sridhar Rao, Typist, Addl. District Court, Madanepalli Chittoor District 4 B.Gangi Reddy S/o B.Venkat Reddy, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Madenapalli Guntur Dist. 5 S.Raghavendra Rao S/o S.Heroji Rao, Jr. Asst., Addl. District Court, Madenapalli, Chittoor Dist. 6 T. Muni Rtnamma W/o J.Srinivasaulu, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Thambalapalli, Chittoor Dist. 7 L.Ramesh Reddy S/o L. Eswar Reddy, Jr. Asst., II Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Madanapally, Chittoor Dist. 8 Y.Adinarayana Reddy, S/o. Konda Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Sathyaveedu, Chittoor District. 9 P.Reddeppa Reddy, s/o. Nadipi Reddy, Jr. Asst., I Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. 10 C.Rajanna, s/o. C.Yohan, Jr. Asst., Sub-Court, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. 11 B.Peethambram, S/o.B.V.Naidu, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. 12 S.Rajendran, s/o. Subramaniyam, Typist, Addl. District Court, Chittoor District. 13 P.A.Soundar Rajan, s/o.P.Annamalai, Typist, I Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor District. 14 F.Madhusudan, s/o. Seetharamaiah, Typist, Special Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 15 S.Murali Kumar, s/o. K.S.Shanmugam, Steno-Typist, V Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 16 P.J.Sampath Kumar, s/o. P.N.Jayagopal, Jr. Asst., Special Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 17 M.R. Revathi, W/o. R.S.Vijaya Kumar, Jr. Asst., IV Addl. Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor Dist., 18 P.Akbar Basha, S/o. P.Dastagiri Khan, Telugu Typist, III Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 19 P.Vijaya Kumar, s/o. Payani, Jr. Asst., Special Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 20 T.Vivekanandamurthy, S/o.T.Dhondu Rao, Jr. Asst., Special Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 21 P.Ravindranath, S/o.P.Suguna Rao, Telugu typist, IV Addl. District Munsif’ Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 22 S.Rahamthullah, s/o.Md. Masthan, Typist, Special Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 23 T.Raghu, S/o. T.Ramaswamy, Typist, Sub-Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 24 K.Shesham Raju, s/o. K.Venkatarama Raju, Typist, District Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 25 A.D.Subramanyam, S/o. A.S.Dharma Rajan, Typist, District Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 26 Smt. K.Kaveri, W/o. P.Mani, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 27 B.Kumaraswamy, s/o. M.Balakrishna, Jr. Asst., II Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 28 L.Jagadeswara naidu, S/o. L.Narasimhulu Naidu,Typist, Sub-Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 29 Syed Khaja Rahamthullah, s/o. Syed Rahim Mohiddin, Jr. Asst., IV Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 30 A.Obul Reddy, S/o.A.Nagi Reddy, Jr. Asst., Munsif Magistrate’s Court, Vayalpadu, Chittoor District. 31 M.Ramachandrudu, S/o. M.Venkatesh, Telugu Typist, District Munsif’s Court, Piler, Chittoor District. 32 O.Venkatanarayana Reddy, S/o. Gangi Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Vayalpad, Chittoor District. 33 T.Siva Reddy, S/o. T. Venkataramana Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Vayalpad, Chittoor District. 34 Ch. Ramanamurthy, S/o. Varahalu, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Kuppam, Chittoor District. 35 Kum.C. Geethanjali, D/o. CAV Seshaiah, Telugu Typist, District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 36 Md.Muneer Basha, S/o. Abdual Rahiman, Steno- Typist, I Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 37 G.R. Muralidhar, S/o. G. Ramachandraiah, Steno- Typist, III Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 38 M.Parandam Naidu, S/o.M.Sheshadri Naidu, Jr. Asst., Addl. Sub-Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 39 B.Krishna Murthy, S/o. B.Muniswamy, Steno-Typist, Sub-Court, Puttur, Chittoor District. 40 B.Maheswar, S/o. B. Ramamurthy, Telugu Typist, II Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 41 A. Chitti babu, S/o. A.Venkataramaiah, Telugu Typist, III Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 42 Y.Veeraiah Choudary, s/o. Y. Venkanna, Typist, Sub- Court, Puttur, Chittoor District. 43 A. Sankaraiah, S/o.A.Lakshmana Choudary, Typist, Addl. Sub-Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 44 P.Subramanyam, S/o.P. Kodanda Rama Naidu, Jr. Asst., II Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 45 G.Swayamprabha, W/o. K.Venkataramana, Jr. Asst., III Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 46 S.Ramalingaiah, S/o. Sanjeevaiah, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 47 B. Bhaskar, s/o. P.C.Narasimhulu, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 48 T.Ramachandraiah, S/o.T. Ramanujulu, Telugu Typist, Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Punganur, Chittoor District. 49 k. Seetharam Singh, s/o. K. Ratna Singh, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Vayalpadu, Chittoor District. 50 P.Kabee Rahamthullah Khan, S/o. P.Mahaboob Khan, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Vayalpadu, Chittoor District. 51 J. Ramakrishna Reddy, S/o. Venkatarama Reddy, Jr. Asst., Sub-Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 52 R. Subramanyam, s/o. R. Varadaiah, Telugu Typist, Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Puttur, Chittoor District. 53 K. Uma Devi, W/o. K.Ajay Babu, Steno-Typist, Addl. District Munsif’s Court, Puttur, Chittoor District. 54 K.E. Vasumathi, w/o. Luther, Jr. Asst., Prl. District Munsif’s Court, Puttur, Chittoor District. 55 M. Rajasekhara Rao, s/o. Narasimhulu, Jr. Asst., Special Judicial Magistrate of II Class Court, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 56 K.Ramachandrudu, S/o.K. Nagappa, Jr. Asst., District Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 57 G. Jagannadha Naidu, S/o. Markandeya, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Palamaner, Chittoor District. 58 Smt. Dilashad, W/o. Ali Khan, Telugu Typist, District Munsif’s Court, Kuppam, Chittoor District. 59 C. Mohan Reddy, S/o. Venkata Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Piler Chittoor District. 60 K. Dwarakanadha Reddy, S/o. Konte Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Piler Chittoor District. 61 R. Suguna Bai, D/o. balaji Singh, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Piler Chittoor District. 62 P. Viswanadha Reddy, S/o. Neelakanta Reddy, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Pakala, Chittoor District. 63 S. Ahalya, W/o. Venkataramana, Telugu typist, District Munsif’s Court, Pakala, Chittoor District. 64 N. Sai Prased, S/o. Subba Rao, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Pakala, Chittoor District. 65 S. Jaheer Ahamed Basha, S/o. Khasim Saheb, Jr. Asst., District Munsif’s Court, Palamaner, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Home (Courts) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Finance and Planning Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The Registrar (Admn.,), High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 The District and Sessions Judge, Chittoor, Chittoor District. .....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 an order, direction or Writ, particularly in the nature of 'Writ of Mandamus' declaring the action of the respondents in not extending the benefit of F.R 22(b) to the petitioners herein, in view of prescribing different time scales to the post of L.D. Clerk/Junior Assistants/Typists /Steno-Typists and to the post of Examiners/Copyists/Readers in A.P. Ministerial Services with effect from 1-7-1992, and consequently direct the respondents to grant time scales to the petitioners by applying F.R. 22(b) from the dates of their promotions to the post of L.D Clerk/Junior Assistant/Typist/Steno-Typist; and grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.K.VENKATESH Counsel for the Respondent No.1 & 2: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the respondent Nos.3 & 4: SMT. M. BHASKARA LAKSHMI, SC FOR APHC. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: ( per Hon’ble The Chief Justice ) …… 1 . Learned counsel for the petitioners states that similar W.P.No.10156 of 1993 was dismissed on 31.10.1996 and in view of the said decision, this writ petition has to be dismissed. 2. In view of the above submission, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ____________________ DEVINDER GUPTA. C.J., _____________________ M. NARAYANA REDDY. J., Dated: 03.02.2005. VRK. To 1 The Secretary to Government, Home (Courts) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Government, Finance and Planning Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The Registrar (Admn.,), High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 The District and Sessions Judge, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 5. Two CCs to G.P., for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 6. Two CD copies.