THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 8337 of 2002 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been instituted seeking the following relief: “ This Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in rejecting the request of the petitioners for extending UGC pay scales on part with other Technical Assistants working in other Departments of the same University vide order SKU/Estt/E1/2002, dated 09.01.2002 as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India.” Thanks to certain subsequent developments that have taken place during the pendency of this Writ Petition, the cause in this Writ Petition does not survive for further adjudication but however, Sri M. Srikanth, learned counsel for the writ petitioners would submit that the petitioners are also entitled to notional increments, which count towards pensionary benefits, on par with the Junior Assistants right from the year 1993 to 2001. The learned Standing Counsel for the 2nd respondent University, Sri Rama Lingeswar Reddy, submits that this is an issue, which is outside the relief prayed for in the Writ Petition and the same will have to be agitated separately and should not be linked up to the main cause. I see considerable force in the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel for the University. I, therefore, grant liberty to the writ petitioners to submit a detailed representation to the 2nd respondent university furnishing all necessary details and data as to how and why the writ petitioners are entitled to be granted additional/notional increments, which will count towards pensionary benefits, on par with Junior Assistants. It is needless to observe that within three months from the date of receipt of any such representation to be submitted by the writ petitioners, the 2nd respondent university will deal with the same on its merits and pass appropriate orders containing the necessary reasons for the conclusion/decision arrived at by the University. Since no further orders are needed to be passed in this Writ Petition, the Writ Petition is dismissed subject to what has been observed above. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 2nd July 2010 ksld