THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION Nos.26550 of 2003 and 1239 of 2004 COMMON ORDER: W.P.No.26550 of 2003 is filed seeking a Certiorari to quash the award dated 03.10.2002 in I.D.No.35 of 1998 on the file of the Additional Industrial Tribunal-cum-Additional Labour Court, Hyderabad. W.P.No.1239 of 2004 is filed seeking a Certiorari to quash the award dated 03.10.2002 in I.D.No.37 of 2001 on the file of the Additional Industrial Tribunal-cum-Additional Labour Court, Hyderabad (for short ‘Labour Court’). The respondent workmen in these two writ petitions i.e., as many as 294 workmen of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (for short ‘HMWSSB’) approached the Labour Court and filed the above I.Ds. under Section 11-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short ‘the Act’) seeking regularization of their services. A common award was passed by the Labour Court in the above I.Ds. on 03.10.2002 directing the management to regularize the services of the workmen who have completed five years of service from the date of their first appointment and to pay arrears from such due date of their regularization. During the pendency of these writ petitions, this Court granted stay of all further proceedings with regard to payment of arrears and back wages alone, vide interim order dated 09.11.2004 in W.P.M.P.No.33621 of 2003 in W.P.No.26550 of 2003. This Court further granted stay of proceedings in E.P.No.2 of 2004, vide interim order dated 10.12.2004 in W.P.M.P.No.29998 of 2004 in W.P.No.26550 of 2004. Subsequently, on 09.02.2007 in W.V.M.P.No.2312 of 2006 and W.P.M.P.Nos.33621 of 2003 and 29998 of 2004 in W.P.No.26550 of 2003, this Court modified the earlier interim orders to the effect that there shall be stay of proceedings in E.P.No.2 of 2004 so far as payment of arrears alone and there is no stay with regard to regularization of the services of the workmen as per the award of the Labour Court. Aggrieved thereby, the management filed W.A.No.611 of 2007 and the same was dismissed on 30.08.2007. Aggrieved thereby, the management further carried the matter before the Supreme Court in S.L.A.(C)No.1143 of 2008 and the same was allowed on 16.02.2009 directing this Court to dispose of W.P.No.26550 of 2003 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of that order. There is no necessity to go into all the details of the case, in view of the fact that during the pendency of the litigation before this Court, the matter was carried before the Hon’ble the Chief Minister and on his intervention, there was settlement between the management and the workmen. As per the said settlement, the Government issued a letter dated 26.04.2010 directing the petitioner management to take action for filling up the existing 150 vacancies in HMWSSB, duly giving certain weightage to the existing Hand Receipt workers who are eligible and who possess the requisite qualifications. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner management stated that in view of letter dated 26.04.2010, the management will absorb 150 workers on the basis of seniority and eligibility, and the remaining workers will be continued in service on the same terms and conditions as on today and if they continue in service in future, they will be absolved in the future vacancies as per their seniority and eligibility. In view of the facts and circumstances of the matter, these two Writ Petitions are disposed of directing the petitioner management to fill up 150 existing vacancies as per the letter dated 26.04.2010 with the respondent workmen on the basis of seniority and weightage and the remaining workers shall be continued in service on the same terms and conditions as on today, and if they continue in service in future, their services shall also be considered for absorption in the future vacancies as per their seniority and eligibility. However, it is made clear that the respondent workmen are not entitled for claiming any arrears of salary as was directed in the I.Ds. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ (C.V. RAMULU, J) 17th February, 2011 GHN