IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 32522 of 1997 Between: R.ALLURI RAJU & OTHERS. ..... PETITIONERS AND GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, A.P. SECRETARIAT, HYDERABAD & OTHERS. .....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order directing the State Government to regularize the petitioners in the regular NMR work charged establishments of N.S. Reddy Sagar Project, Dam Maintenance Circle of the Irrigation Department of State of Andhra Pradesh and give postings to the petitioners for absorbing them in the N.S. Reddy Sagar Project, Dam Maintenance Circle with back wages and other benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.J.R.MANOHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioners submits that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by this Court in W.P.No.10045 of 1998 dated 29.8.2003, therefore, this writ petition is also liable to be disposed of in the light of the said judgment. Though the Special Government Pleader appearing for the learned Advocate General strenuously opposed and submitted that the matter is not covered by the judgment rendered in the above writ petition, I am of the considered opinion that the issue that arises for consideration in the above writ petition and the issue in the present writ petition is one and the same, therefore this writ petition is liable to be disposed of in the light of the said judgment. In view of the above, following the judgment rendered in W.PN.o.10045 of 1998 dated 29.8.2003, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to reinstate the petitioners into service with continuity of service, but without any back wages and attendant benefits. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 18.3.2008 DA