IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 1624 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 02/01/1998 in WP NO : 25555 OF 1997 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Guntakal Branch, Anantapur District. 2 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Kallu Branch, Anantapur District. 3 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Anantapur Branch, Anantapur District. 4 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Hindupur Branch, Anantapur District. 5 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Gooty Branch, Anantapur District. 6 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Kadiri Branch, Anantapur District. 7 The Asst.General Manager, State Bank of India Anantapur Branch, Anantapur District. 8 The Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Tirupathi Module, Anantapur District. 9 The Chief General Manager (Personnel), State Bank of India, Local Head Office, Bank Street, Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 Sri J.Ramanjaneyulu 2 S.Lal Bee 3 A.Sree Ramulu 4 B.Ram Krishna 5 A.Naga Raju 6 B.Nagendra 7 C.Gangadri 8 M.John Thimoti Paul .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant:MR.K.GOPALA KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the RespondentS.: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & NEERAJA REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meenakumari) When this matter has come for hearing, both the learned counsel have conceded before this Court that this matter is squarely covered by the judgment of a Division Bench of this Court reported in STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS V. M.RAJAIAH (). In view of the same, this writ appeal is allowed. No costs. _________________ Justice T.Meenakumari 6TH December, 2004 __________________ justice S.Ananda Reddy Gurc. To 1 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Guntakal Branch, Anantapur District. 2 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Kallu Branch, Anantapur District. 3 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Anantapur Branch, Anantapur District. 4 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Hindupur Branch, Anantapur District. 5 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Gooty Branch, Anantapur District. 6 The Branch Manager, State Bank of India Kadiri Branch, Anantapur District. 7 The Asst.General Manager, State Bank of India Anantapur Branch, Anantapur District. 8 The Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Tirupathi Module, Anantapur District. 9 The Chief General Manager (Personnel), State Bank of India, Local Head Office, Bank Street, Hyderabad. 10. Two CD copies. HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI & HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY W.A.No:1624 of 2004 (order pronounced by Smt. Justice T.Meenakumari.) 6th December, 2004