IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 18252 of 2004 Between: 1 A. Shiva Kumar, S/o A. Bala Lingaiah, R/o Warangal and working in the Govt. Aided Nehru Memorial High School (English medium), Deshaipet, Warangal town and District 2 M.V. Rama Rao, S/o Dharma Rao, R/o Warangal and working in the Govt. Aided Nehru Memorial High School (English medium), Deshaipet, Warangal town and District 3 D. Jaya Sree, D/o Ramachander Rao, R/o Warangal and working in the Govt. Aided Nehru Memorial High School (English medium), Deshaipet, Warangal town and District 4 V. Sambasiva Rao, S/o Bujanaga Rao, R/o Warangal and working in the Govt. Aided Nehru Memorial High School (English medium), Deshaipet, Warangal town and District … Petitioners AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Education Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Director of School Education, Government of A.P., Hyderabad 3 The District Educational Officer, Warangal District at Warangal .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the arrears to the petitioners from 1-2-1988 to 31-10-1989 as illegal improper, arbitrary, null and void and consequently direct the respondents to pay the arrears to the petitioners from 1-2-1988 to 31-10-1989. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.YESHWANTH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R : Heard both sides. The only grievance of the petitioners is that in spite of the fact that their posts were admitted to grant-in-aid, no arrears have been paid. In this connection, it is represented by the learned counsel appearing on either side that the question involved in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the decision of a Division Bench of this Court in Government of A.P. Vs. G.V.K. Girls High School and also orders passed by this Court in W.P. No. 5256 of 2001, dated 08.08.2004. Following the same, the Writ Petition is, accordingly, allowed directing the respondents to pay the arrears to the petitioners within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. No costs. ------------------------ (B.Prakash Rao, J.) 21.12.2004 DRK Furnish copy in one week. B.O. DRK. Rule Nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice, This the twenty first day of December, Two thousand and Four. Assistant Registrar Copy to: 1 The Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Director of School Education, Government of A.P., Hyderabad 3 The District Educational Officer, Warangal District at Warangal 4 Two CCs. to the G.P. for School Education, High Court of A.P., High Court buildings, Hyderabad (o.u.t.). 5 Two CD copies.