IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 6273 of 2007 Between: 1 Railway Board, Rep. by its Member Secretary, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 General Manager, South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. 3 Divisional Railway Manager, VIjayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 4 Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, Traction Rolling Stock, Electrical Loco Shed, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 D. Anjaneyulu S/o. Late D. Ramaswamy Naidu R/o. H.No. 17-23-24, O.S. Street, Borj Peta, Vijayawada-3 2 B. Durga Prasad S/o. Late Subramanyam R/o. 76-14-229/5A, South of Saint Acquihas Public School, Sivalayam Street, Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada-12 3 G. Siddaiah S/o. Venkaiah R/o. 5-6-59/39/7, Rajeevsharma Nagar, Lambadipet, Chittinagar, Vijayawada-9 4 L. Jagan Mohan Rao S/o. Late Hanumantha Rao H.No. Rly Qrtrs No. 773/K, Caltex Road, R.E. Colony, Vijayawada-1 5 B. Venkata Rao S/o. Narayana R/o. Rly Qtrs. No. 614/E, Whinchipeta, Vijayawada-1 6 B.V. Ramana Murthy S/o. Late Venkanna Vijayawada-1 (Respondents 1 to 6 are working as Technician Grade-III in Electrical Locoshed, Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada) 7 V. Koteshwara Rao S/o. Venkatesu M-5 Section O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Locoshed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 8 T. Subba RaoS/o. Seshaiah 35 O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Memu Car Shed, South Central Railway, Rajahmundry. 9 B. Nageswara Rao S/o. Anumanna Rao M-1 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 10 K. Ravi KUmar S./o. Durga Rao E-2 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 11 I. Chandra Pal, S/o. John M-3 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 12 Y. Geetha D/o.Iswaryam M-5 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 13 Y.N.V. Ramana S/o. Venkateswara Rao M-5 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 14 Y. Prema Geetha D/o. Venkateswarlu E-3 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 15 K. Ganesh Babu S./o. Bhushanam E-7 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 16 D. Koteswara Rao S/o. Adiseshu M-2 Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 17 K. Kishore Babu S/o. Veeraiah General Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 18 V. Krishna Naik S/o. Ramala Naik M-1 Section Section, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Electrical Loco Shed, South Central Railway,Vijayawada. (Respondents 7 to 18 are working as Technician Grade-II at Electrical Locoshed, Mechanical side and R/o. Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Cetiorari by calling for the order dt. 27-10-2006 in OA No. 127/2006 on the ﬁle of Hon'ble Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench and declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and unconstitutional and pass such other order or orders as may be deemed ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.S.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.S.MURTHY The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI} O R D E R:- (per GM,J) The issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment dated 29.7.2008 rendered by the Apex Court in Civil Appeal Nos.6919 and 6934 to 6946 of 2005. In view of the ﬁndings recorded by the Supreme Court in the said Judgment, this Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 27.10.2006 made in O.A.No.127 of 2006 is set aside. No costs. ________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J 25th August, 2008 ______________________ C.V. RAMULU, J. bcj