IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.301 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 26-02-2008 in W.P.No.20641 OF 2006 on the file of the High Court) Between: 1. Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society rep by Arch Bishop and Chairman, Archbishop's House, Sardar Patel Road, Secunderbad. 2. Vice-Chariman, Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society Archbishop's House, Sardar Patel Road, Secunderabad. 3. Secretary, Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society Archbishop's House, Sardar Patel Road, Secunderabad. 4. Correspondent & Principal, St. Mary's Centenary Junior College, St. Francis Street, Secunderabad. 5 Government of A.P., rep. by Secretary Higher Education, Hyderabad. 6. Board of Intermediate Education, rep. by its Secretary, Nampally, Hyderabad. ... APPELLANTS AND 1. Mrs. M. Padmasri, W/o. Sri M.V. R. Murthy, St. Mary's Centenary Junior College, Plot No. 18, East Anandbagh, Opp: Gajanana Funcition Hall, Safilguda, Hyderabad. 2. Mrs. Kamala Mohini, D/o. Late Satyanarayana Prasad St. Mary's Centenary Junior College, R/o.1-6-896, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 3. K.V. Ramesh Chowdary, S/o. late Sri Venkaiah Chemistry, St. Mary's Centenary Junior College, Secunderabad. 4. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Higher Education, Hyderabad. 5. Board of Intermediate Education, Rep. by its Secretary, Nampally, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for Appellants: MR.M.SUDHIR KUMAR Counsel for Respondents: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following: Judgment: (Per R. Subhash Reddy, J) This writ appeal, under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, is ﬁled by Respondent Nos.1 to 4 in W.P.No.20641of 2006, aggrieved by the order dated 26-02-2008, passed by the learned single Judge in WVMP No.438 in WPMP No.32859 of 2007 in W.P.No.20641 of 2008. 2. Respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein are Lecturers working in St. Mary’s Centenary Junior College being run by Appellant No.1 Society. In the writ petition, they questioned reduction of their pay scales from the month of June, 2006, dearness allowance and denial of increments etc. Pending the writ petition, they sought interim orders in WPMP No.32589 of 2007 to restore dearness allowance with eﬀect from June, 2007 and for release of arrears on account of increments and dearness allowance also. The learned single Judge, by order dated 27-11-2007 granted ad interim directions for payment of such amounts and the said order is conﬁrmed by dismissing the vacate petition by the impugned order. Hence, the present appeal. 3. When the matter is taken up, during the course of arguments, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the respondents/writ petitioners that with regard to other lecturers who are similarly placed, pay scales were restored and they were also paid 50% of arrears on account of dearness allowance. 4. On instructions, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellants that the appellant-Management is prepared to extend the beneﬁts, which are extended to other lecturers working in the College, to the respondents/writ petitioners also. 5. Though the appeal is ﬁled mainly on the ground that interim orders were passed granting the very relief sought in the writ petition and further the vacate petition is dismissed without any valid reasons, but, however, in view of the submission made by the learned Advocates, it is not necessary to decide the appeal on merits. 6. As much as it is submitted by learned counsel for the respondents/writ petitioners that if the beneﬁts, which are extended to other similarly placed lecturers, are extended to the respondents/writ petitioners also, respondents/writ petitioners do not have any grievance at present. 7. In the circumstances, we modify the order dated 27-11- 2007, as conﬁrmed by order dated 26-02-2008, and direct the appellants to restore the salaries of the respondents/writ petitioners and pay them all the arrears on account of increments and other allowances on par with other employees whose pay scales and allowances were restored. 8. Subject to the above modiﬁcations and directions, the writ appeal is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 11, 2008 MRR