IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 27201 of 2007 Between: 1 Jetta Ellamma, W/o G.Munikoti, D/o J.Subrahmanyam, R/o Korlagunta, Maruthinagar, Tirumala Bypass Road, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 Jata Santhamma, W/o Late J.Munikrishnaiah, H.No.20-1-58, Maruthinagar, Korlagunta, Tirumala Bypass Road, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. ..... PET IT IONER(S) AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Endowment Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, represented by its Executive Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 3 Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, Trust Board, represented by its Chairman, Tirupathi. .....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 declare the order of the Government in G.O.Ms.No.708, dt.06-11-2001 and consequential proceedings of the Executive Oﬃcer TTD, Tirupati, in Roc.No.B7/4095/2007, dt.27-11-2007 as illegal and arbitrary and to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction directing the respondents herein to regularize the services of the petitioners from the date of their appointment or alternatively from 06-05-1991 and to grant all consequential beneﬁts and pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SURYA PRAKASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.27201 of 2007 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the order passed by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.708 dated 6.11.2001 and the consequential proceedings of the Executive Oﬃcer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati in Roc.No.B7/4095/2007 dated 27.11.2007 as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners from the date of their appointment or in the alternative from 6.5.1991, the date on which the services of similarly placed persons were regularized, with all consequential benefits. It is the case of the petitioners that they have been working as Paid Volunteers in the establishment of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. In the year 1991, they were put on regular timescale, however, their services were regularized in the year 2001. Now it is the grievance of the petitioners that the services of similarly placed persons, who approached this Court and got orders, were regularized from the date of their initial appointment i.e. 6.5.1991 vide Board proceedings Roc.No.B7/4095/2007 dated 27.11.2007. According to the petitioners, they are also entitled to get the same benefit. Under those circumstances, the respondents are directed to consider, regularizing the services of the petitioners from 6.5.1991 or the date of their initial appointment, as per their eligibility, if the petitioners are similarly placed to that of persons, whose services were regularized with eﬀect from 6.5.1991 under Board proceedings Roc.No.B7/4095/2007 dated 27.11.2007, and pass appropriate orders within a period of (8) weeks from the date of receipt of the order and communicate the same to the petitioners. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 25.9.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.27201 of 2007 25.9.2008