IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 14883 of 2003 Between: 1 M. Nityananda Sarma s/o nagabharana Sarma Atchampet Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Atchampet Atchampet Mandal, Guntur District 2 T.S. R. Mohana Babu s/o Satyanarayanacharyulu Krosur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Krosuru Krosur Mandal Guntur District 3 shaik Meera Saheb s/o Masthan Peesapadu Primary Agricultral Cooperative society Ltd., Peesapadu Krosu Mandal Guntur District 4 K. Venkateswara Sarma s/o Gopalakrishnaiah Parasatyallur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Parasatyallur, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District 5 A. Prabhakara Rao s/o Subba rao Tallacheruvu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Tallacheruvu Atchampet Atchampet Mandal, Guntur District 6 J.v. Prasada Rao s/o Venkateswarlu 7 V. Seshabrahmachary s/o venkatachary Panidam Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Panidam, pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District 8 B. Purnachandra rao S/o Venkata Subbaiah Gudipudi Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Gudipudi, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District 9 M. Seshu Babu s/o Venkateswarly Komatinenivaripalem Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Komatinenivaripalem Chilakaluripet Mandal Guntur District 10 P. Prabhakar Rao s/o Appaiah Manukondavaripalem Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Manukondavaripalem, Chilakaluripet Mandal Guntur District 11 J. Venkata Subbaiah s/o Ramaiah ravela Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ravela Tadikonda Mandal Guntur District 12 B. Jagan mohan rao s/o Kotilingam 13 Shaik Jainullabddin s/o gayasuddin Ponnekallu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ponnekallu Tadikonda Mandal Guntur District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 the Government of Andhra Pradesh Cooperation Department rep by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderbad 2 the Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Coop. Societies, Nampally Hyderabad 3 the Guntur District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., rep by General Manager Guntur Guntur District 4 The District Coop Officer, Guntur Guntur District 5 the Divisional Coop. Officer, Guntur District 6 the Divisional Coop. Officer, Narasarao pet Guntur District 7 Atchampet Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Atchampet Atchampet Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 8 Krosur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Krosur Krousur Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 9 Peesapadu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Peesapadu Krousur Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 10 parastyallur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Parsatyallur Pedakurapadu Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 11 Tallacheruvu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Tallacheruvu Atchampet Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 12 Velpur Primary Agricultral Cooperative Society Ltd., Velpur Atchampet Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 13 Panidam Primary Agricultrual Cooperative Society Ltd., Panidam Pedakurapadu Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 14 Gudipudi Primary Agriculral Cooperative Society Ltd., Gudipudi Pedakurapadu Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 15 Komatinenivaripalem Cooperative Society Ltd., Komatinenivari Palem Chilakaluripet Mnadal, Guntur rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 16 Manukondavaripalem Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Manukondavari Palem Chilakaluripet Mnadal, Guntur rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 17 ravela Primary Agriculrural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ravela Tadikonda Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 18 Gorantla primary Agricultrual Coop Cooperative Society Ltd., Gorantla Gorantla Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge 19 Ponnekallu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ponnekallu Tadikonda Mnadal, Guntur District rep by chairperson/Person-in-charge .....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 to issue a writ or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ ofMandamus declaing the action the respondents in not paying the salaries tothe petitioners is illegal, arbitary and violative of article 14 and 21 of the Constitutionof India and Consequently direct the respondents to pay salaries to the petitioners without reference to Sec. 116-C of the Act Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.SATYA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1,2,4 to 6.: G.P. for CO-OPERATION. Counsel for the Respondent No 10, 13 & 14: Mr. M.V. SURESH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 15: Ms. A. MALATHI Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3, 7 to 9, 11, 12, 16 to 19: --None appeared. The Court made the following : :ORAL ORDER: The petitioners are employees of respondent Nos. 7 to 19 – Primary Agricultural Co- operative Societies (for short PACS). Their grievance is that their salaries are not being paid by the respondent Nos. 7 to 19 (PACS) since April, 2003 on account of the provisions of Section 116-C of the A.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 (for short ‘the Act’). They admit that the respondent Nos. 7 to 19 (PACS) do not have enough financial ability to pay salaries to them within the financial discipline enjoined by the provisions of Section 116-C of the Act. The petitioners neither plead nor establish that the respondent Nos.7 to 19 are State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India or that the State Government has any liability for the payment of their salaries. The validity of Section 116-C of the Act has been upheld. In the above circumstances, the writ petition itself is not maintainable nor could any relief be granted to the petitioners herein. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioners are, however, at liberty to pursue appropriate alternative remedy in accordance with law. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dt. 27-07-2004 Pvks/* To 1 The Secretary, the Government of Andhra Pradesh Cooperation Department Secretariat, Hyderbad 2 The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Coop. Societies, Nampally Hyderabad 3 The General Manager, the Guntur District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., Guntur Guntur District 4 The District Coop Officer, Guntur Guntur District 5 The Divisional Coop. Officer, Guntur District 6 The Divisional Coop. Officer, Narasarao pet Guntur District 7 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Atchampet Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Atchampet Atchampet Mandal, Guntur District 8 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Krosur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Krosur Krousur Mandal, Guntur District 9 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Peesapadu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Peesapadu Krousur Mnadal, Guntur District 10 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, parastyallur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Parsatyallur Pedakurapadu Mnadal, Guntur District 11 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Tallacheruvu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Tallacheruvu Atchampet Mnadal, Guntur District 12 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Velpur Primary Agricultral Cooperative Society Ltd., Velpur Atchampet Mandal, Guntur District 13 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Panidam Primary Agricultrual Cooperative Society Ltd., Panidam Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District 14 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Gudipudi Primary Agriculral Cooperative Society Ltd., Gudipudi Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District 15 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Komatinenivaripalem Cooperative Society Ltd., Komatinenivari Palem Chilakaluripet Mnadal, Guntur 16 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Manukondavaripalem Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Manukondavari Palem Chilakaluripet Mnadal, Guntur 17 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, ravela Primary Agriculrural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ravela Tadikonda Mnadal, Guntur District 18 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Gorantla primary Agricultrual Coop Cooperative Society Ltd., Gorantla Gorantla Mnadal, Guntur District 19 The chairperson/Person-in-charge, Ponnekallu Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Ponnekallu Tadikonda Mnadal, Guntur District 20.2CCs to the Government Pleader for Co-operation, A.P. 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