IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 3938 of 1999 Between: 1. Dr.E.John Ravinder S/o E.G.Anandam, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 2. Mrs. Susanittoop D/o K.G.Jacob, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 3. Mr. D.Solomon Vasanth Kumar S/o D.Vijaya Rao, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 4. Mr. D.Daniel Prabhakar S/o D.P.Elaish, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 5. Mr. E.Sugunakar S/o E.G.Emmanuel, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 6. Mr.K.C.Obula Reddy S/o K.Narayana Reddy, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 7. Mr.Devidas S/o Dharmapuri, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 8. Mrs.Usha Prabhukanth D/o J.D.Kanthaiah, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 9. Mr.M.J.Daniel S/o Jeevarathanam, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 10. Mr.A.Sathyanarayana S/o A.Rama Kotaiah, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 11. Dr. Ch.Ramakrishna Reddy S/o Rathna Reddy, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 12. Mrs. Sugandha Rani D/o J.Jacob, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 13. Mr. B.V.Bahuguna Saradhi S/o BH.V.H.S.Rama Rao, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 14. Miss. Mary Suhasini D/o B.Dharma Raj, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 15. Mr.Om Prakash Purohit S/o Laxminarayan Purohit, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 16. Mr.K.P.Charles Wesley S/O K.L.Philip, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. 17. Mr. P.S.Prakasham S/o P.Kothaiah, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. Government of A.P. Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Education Department , Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Commissioner & Director of Intermediate Education, Government of A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 3. Wesley Jr. College, Rep. by its Principal, West Marredpally, Secunderabad. .....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 any Writ, Order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents authorities in not computing the un-aided service of the petitioners in 3rd respondent college for the purpose of all service benefits as arbitrary, illegal and unjust with a consequential directions to the respondents to compute the un-aided service of the petitioners from the date of their initial appointments for fixation of pay, benefits under the Automatic Advancement Scheme and other consequential service and terminal benefits on such basis in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.NARASIMHA SARMA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.NO.3938 OF 1999 ORAL ORDER: In spite of posting the case for dismissal, none to represent the case. Even otherwise, the learned Government Pleader for Higher Education has pointed out that by virtue of the Provisions contained in Act No.26 of 2006, the unaided service rendered by the writ petitioners in the 1st respondent-College cannot be computed along with the aided services for the purpose of according service benefits. In view of the said submission, the writ petition liable to be dismissed and the same is, accordingly, dismissed, but however, in the circumstances, without costs. -------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 20th February 2008 mrk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SAM}