IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 3574 of 2006 Between: 1 U.Raghuveera, S/o.U.Adeppa, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 2 P.Rafeek Adhmed, S/o.Hussain Peera, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 3 B.Vasudeva Rao, S/o.B.hanumantha Rao, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 4 M.Govindappa, S/o.M.Adeppa, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 5 M.Somesh, S/o.M.Ganganna, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 6 G.Siva Kumar, S/o.G.Pampanna, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 7 K.Chandrasekhar, S/o.K.Adeppa, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 8 K.Devaputra, S/o.K.Pethurasaiah, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 9 D.Amanulla, S/o.D.Abdul Rasool, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. ..... PET IT IONER(S) AND 1 The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, represented by Sri G.D.Lingappa, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. 2 The Commissioner for Cooperattion & Registrar of Cooperative Societies, A.P., Gruhukalpa, Hyderabad-500 004. 3 The Principal Secretary to Government, Agricultural and Cooperation (Cooperation.VI) Department, Secretariat, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 Sri G.D.Lingappa, The Yemmiganur Cooperative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur-518 360, District Kurnool. .....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 to issue a direction, order or a writ more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus, directing the respondents to release the salaries of the petitioners for the withheld period from December 2005 onwards, without resorting to reduction of pay, in view of the exemption granted from the provisions of the section 116 (C) (1) of APCS ACt, read with Rule 36 of APCS Rules, 1964 for further a period upto 31.3.2008 and in view of the improvement of the ﬁnancial position of the bank, declaring the arbitrary and illegal action of the 4th respondent to reduce the salaries of the petitioners herein without obtaining proper permission from the concerned Authorities, declaring the same as arbitrary, illegal, unwaranted, misconceived and in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the constitution of Inida, and be pleased to pass such ther and further order or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case else the petitioners would be put to irreparable loss and damage. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SANKA RAMAKRISHANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COOPERATION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.3574 of 2006 ORAL ORDER: In view of the fact that for the same relief as sought in this writ petition and in some changed circumstances, Writ Petition No.10966 of 2006 was ﬁled and the same is pending before this Court, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication. Even otherwise, the learned counsel for respondents Mr.K.Sitaram submits that in view of proﬁtable position of the ﬁrst respondent-Bank from this year onwards, full salaries applicable to the respective posts are being paid to the employees. In the above circumstances and recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for respondents, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. ____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 17.9.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.3574 of 2006 17.9.2008