IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.8633 of 2007 Between: 1 E.Raghavulu S/o.E.Kistaiah working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 2 G.Pradep Goud S/o.G.Shankaraiah working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 3 G.Naga Raja Rao S/o.G.Rama Murthy working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 4 M.Ramulu S/o.Shankaraiah working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 5 G.Sathaiah S/o.G.Laxmaiah working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 6 Kannaya Singh S/o.rajender Singh working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. 7 Balaraj S/o.G.S.Mani working in the Maintainance Unit of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District at Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Director General, National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga reddy District, at Hyderabad - 500 030. 2 The Registrar and Director (Administration) National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Ranga reddy District, at Hyderabad - 500 030. ....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 in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction by declaring the action of the respondents in not granting the higher scales, on completion of the 10 years and 12 years, by extending the beneﬁt under CAS, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to grant the higher scales on completion of 10 years and 12 years of service with eﬀect from the date of their initial appointment, as provided under Career Advancement Scheme, with all consequential beneﬁts, such as arrears of pay etc., and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.GOPAL RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.L.RAVI CHANDRA (ADD.CGSC) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.8633 of 2007 ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not granting higher scales on completion of 10 years and 12 years by extending the beneﬁt under Career Advancement Scheme as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and consequently to direct the respondents to extend CAS to the petitioners. The only grievance of the petitioners seems to be that they are all working in various capacities in the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad and have completed 10 years and 12 years service and as per the Scheme in vogue, they are entitled for the beneﬁts of CAS on completion of 10 years and 12 years of service and when the said beneﬁt was not extended, they made representations on 4-4-2006 and the same are still pending. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without going into the merits, respondents are directed to consider the representations purported to have been made by the petitioners on 24-4-2006 seeking extension of beneﬁts under Career Advancement Scheme, since they have completed 10 years and 12 years of service and pass appropriate orders, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order and communicate the same to the petitioners. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. 12-9-2008 prk