IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA W.P.NOs. 11620 of 2004, 10601 of 2004, 13525 of 2004, 12970 of 2004, 21863 of 2004, 1834 of 2005, 1836 of 2005, 1838 of 2005, 1858 of 2005, 1861 of 2005, 2011 of 2005, 1348 of 2005, 18149 of 2004, W.P.Nos. 6098 of 2005, 6099 of 2005, 6100 of 2005 & 6097 of 2005 WRIT PETITION NO : 11620 of 2004 Between: 1.A.Ravinder Singh, s/o A. Ram Singh, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs & C.E., Kurnool Division, Tirupati Commissionerate. 2.C.Sudheer Kumar, aged 36 years, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs & C.E., Kurnool Division, Tirupati Commissionerate. 3.J.Suyanarayana Reddy S/o J. Narayana Reddy, Age 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate,Tirupathi. 4.V.Sudhakar, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs & C.E., Kurnool Division, Tirupati Commissionerate. 5.Md. Jaffar Razikh, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs & C.E., Kurnool Division, Tirupati Commissionerate. 6.Jidigam Srinivas, Age 37 years, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E. Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate, Tirupathi 7.V.Vinay Kumar, S/o V.Jagadishchandra Gupta, aged 35 years, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E. Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate, Tirupathi 8.K.Venkateswara Rao S/o K.Mohan Rao, Aged 35 years, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E. Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate,Tirupathi 9.T.Srinivasa Rao S/o T.Gurunadha Rao, Aged 38 years, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E. Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate,Tirupathi. 10.G.R.V.Satish S/o G.Suryanarayana, Aged 38 years, Office of the Superintendent of Customs & C.E., Kurnool-II Range, Kurnool Division, Kurnool. 11.J.Ajay Kumar Reddy S/o J.Sidda Reddy, Aged 37 years, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E. Hqrs. Office, Tirupati,Commissioner,Tirupathi 12.C.Charan Kumar Reddy S/o C.Suryanarayana Reddy, Aged 41 years, Superintendent of Central Excise P & I Unit, Tirupathi Division, Tirupathi, Commissionerate 13. L. Madhusudhan Goud S/o L.Tirupal Rao, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Tirupathi-I Range, TirupathiCommissionerate. 14.B.S.Rajani Kanth S/o B.Srinivasulu Naidu, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Chittoor -I Range, Tirpuathi,Commissionerate. 15.P.Jagan Mohan Reddy S/o P. Gangi Reddy, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Technical Section, Tirupathi Division, Tirupathi Commissionerate. 16.Rebbpragada Srinivasa Rao S/o Veera Venkaiah,Aged 36 Years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Anti-evasion, Hqrs. Office, Vizag-II Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 17.B.Sreenivasa Gandhi S/o B.N.Rao, Aged 35 years, S.I.O. DRI, Plot No.499, Rd.No.12 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. 18.Niranajan Singh S/o Kripal Singh, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Rajam Range, Rajam. 19.T.Amrutha Rao, S/o Almarprabhu, Aged 41 years Superintendent of Central Excise, Tribunal Section, Hqrs. Office,Vizag-II Commissionerate. 20.M.Ashish Kumar S/o U.K.Merani, aged about 38 Years, Superintendent of Central Excise H.Q. Audit, Port Area, Visakhapatnam –II Commissionerate. 21.V.Srikanth Rao, Aged 35 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Payakaraopet Range, Payakaraopet Visakhaptnam District. 22.G.N.A.Srinivasa Rao S/o G.V.Bhaskara Rao, Aged 37 years, Hq.Technical, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-I Commissionerate. 23.S.Giridhar S/o S.V.Krishna Rao, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, HQ. Technical , Port Area, Visakhaptanam Commissionerate. 24.K.R.S.Shanker, S/o K. Ramakrishna Rao, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, HQ. Technical , Port Area, Visakhaptanam Commissionerate 25.J.Ravi Kumar S/o Jeevanandam, Aged 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, HQ. Technical , Port Area, Visakhaptanam Commissionerate 26.S.S.Bhanu Sarma S/o SVS Sudarshana Sastry, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise HQ CIU, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 27.Y.Srinivasa Murthy S/o Y.Subramanyam, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise HQ Review, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, PortArea,Visakhapatnam 28.F.A.Cooper. S/o Ralph Cooper, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise CC's Office, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 29.S.Srinivasa Chakravarthy S/o S.N.C. Ramanjaneyulu, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, CC' s Office, Port Area,Visakhapatnam. 30.A.V.Narsimham S/o A.V.Narayana, Aged 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Range-I, Division-I, Visakhapatnam-I Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam 31.P.Mohan Vamsy S/o P.Balagangadhar, Aged 34 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Anakapalli range, Anakapalli 32.I.Ramalingeswera Rao S/o Late I.Ramakrishnaiah, Aged 37 years,SIO,DRI,Visakhapatnam 33.S.A.Vidya Sagar S/o A.V.Chainulu, Aged 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise VSP-I Range, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam 34.M.K.Srinivas Murthy, S/o M.Narasimhachary, Aged 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Chief Commissioner's Office, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 35.B.V.Veerabhadra Rao S/o Late B.Harihara Rao, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Hq Audit, Visakhapatnam -I Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam 36.K.Jagan Mohan S/o K.Venkata Rao, Aged 35 years, Superintendent of Central Excise HQ Anti Evasion, Visakhapatnam-I Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam 37.R.Raghavendra Rao S/o R.Bhavannarayana Rao, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise HQ Anti Evasion, Visakhapatnam-I Commissionerate, Port Area Visakhapatnam 38.G.S.R.Naidu S/o Seetanannaidu, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise HQ CIU, Visakhapatnam-I, Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 39.A.M.Matthews, S/o K.Mathew, Aged 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise CC's Office, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 40.P.Murali Krishna S/o P.Venkatesweralu, aged 35 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Kakinada-II Division, Kakinada 41.P.Sambasiva Rao S/o P.Nageswera Rao, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Custom House, Kakinada 42.R.Hasan S/o Turab Hussain, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Custom House, Kakinada 43.U.Viswanatham S/o U.Mallikarjunudu, Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Custom House, Kakinada. 44.M.R.D.Varma S/o M.Venkaiah, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Range-II, Kakinada. 45.V.Kamala Seena W/o V.Manoj Kumar, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Hqrs. Office, C.R. Buildings, K.V.Thota,Guntur 46.V.Manoj Kumar S/o V.V.S.R.Murthy, Aged 35 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Technical Section, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada 47.A.V.G.K.Murthy S/o A.V. Hanumantha Rao, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Range-III, C.R.Buildings, Bandar road, Vijayawada. 48.M.Sreeharsha S/o M.Prasada Rao, aged 38 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Range-IV, C.R.Buildings, BandarRoad,Vijayawada 49.K.S.S.Janardhana Rao S/o K.Narayana, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Technical Section, Hqrs, Office,C.R.Buildings,K.V.Thota, Guntur 50.Ch.Rama Rao S/o Late Ch.Venkatesweralu, aged 36 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Adjudication Section Hqrs.Office, C.R. Buildings, K.V. thota, Guntur 51.G.Naveen Kumar S/o Narendra Rao, aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Hqrs. Office, Guntur Commissionerate,Guntur 52.G.Seetha Rama Raju S/o Late G.Mohsi, Aged 38years, Superintendent of Central Excise Divisional Office, Viajawada. 53.N.G.V.Rama Lakshmi W/o G.T.Kumar, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise Hqrs.Office, CR.Buildings, K.V.Thota, Guntur .... PETITIONERS AND 1.The Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad Zone, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan,L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 2.The Commissioner of Customs & Centre Excise Hyderabad II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 3.The Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs North Block, New Delhi-110 001 4.The Government of India , Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Personal and Training, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-1100 001 5.S.Rama Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, S/o S.V.Ramana, Inspector of Central Excise, Ghatkesar Rage, Habsiguda, Street No.4, Hyderabad. 6.V.L.N.Srinivas , Inspector of Central Excise Hqrs. Office, Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 7.B.S.Murthy, Inspector of Central Excise, CIU, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, Hyderabad -4 8.A.Hari Gopal, Inspector of Central Excise, Cherlapalli-II Range, Street No.4, Habsiguda, Hyderabad-500 007. 9.K.L.S.Kishore Babu, Inspector of Central Excise Kukatpally-II Range, Aswani Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad. 10.M.Srinivas Rao , Inspector of Central Excise , Hqrs office Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 11.K.Sudhakar, Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax Section Hqrs. Office, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 12.D.Swamiji Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Hyderabad-J Division, CLS Building, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad. 13.Ch.V.Dhanujaya Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Azamabad-II Range,C/o VST Factory, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 14.G.Subash Chandra Bose, Inspector of Central Excise, Bollarum-II Range, Opp.ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B., Hyderabad-72. 15.M.Sambasiva Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Divisional Office, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road Vijayawada-2. 16.G.V.B.G.Tilak, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-I, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada -2 17.Y.Srirama Chandra Murthy, Anti-evasion, Hyderabad-III K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 18.A.Vijaya Lakshmi, Superintendent of Central Excise, Division-N, Technical Section, opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 19.T.Ramamohana Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Kukatpally-I Range, Aswani Homeo Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad 20.P.M.V.Kusuma Kumari, Inspector of Central Excise O/o the Superintendent of Central Excise, Mallapur Range, Habsiguda, Hyderabad. 21.K.V.Lakshmi, Inspector of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hyderabad -I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 22.S.Chellammal, Inspector of Central Excise, SIIB, Hyderabad-II commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500 004 23.S.Badarinath, Inspector of Central Excise, Air Cargo Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad 24.L.Janakiramaiah , Inspector of Central Excise Divisional Office, Service Tax, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 25.A.Visweswera Rao, Inspector of Central Excise ,Service Tax Section, Divisional office, Vijayawada Division, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 26.D.Usha Rani, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-IV Vijayawada, C.R.Building, Bandar Raod, Vijayawada-2 27.C.V.Subramanyam , Inpsector of Central Excise , Division-N, Opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 28.K.Subramanya Sarma, Inspector of Central Excise, Adjudication Section, Hyderabad-IV, Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Hyderabad 29.M.V.S.Prasad, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise Audit Section, Hqrs. Office, C.R.Buildings, K.T.Thota, Guntur 30.C.Paul Dinakar Babu, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Divisional Office, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Bulidings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 31.Syed Imtiaz Ahmed, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 32.Shaik Meera Mohaddin, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Bollarum-III Range, Opp. ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B Main Road, Hyderabad -72 33.Syed Abdullah, Inspector, Kothur-I Range, Shamshabad Rangareddy Distirct. 34.Syed Ikramulla Shah, Inspector, Customs & Central Excise Department , Divisional Office, Nellore 35.V.Hemanath Kumar, Inspector, Statistics, Hqrs. Office Hyderabad -IV Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Ramkote, Hyderabad. 36.R.Surendra Kumar, Inspector, Hqrs Preventive Unit, K.V.Thota, Guntur-4 37.Mohd.Tajuddin, Inspector of Central Excise, Sullurpet Range, Sullurpet, Nellore District. 38.K.V.R.S.N.S.Kumar, Occ: Superintendent of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hqrs. Office, Port Area, Visakhapatnam -II Commissionerate, Vizag-35 39.D.Ramulu, Occu: Superintendent of Central Excise, Division-V, Dwaraka Nagar, Near Diamond Park, Visakhapatnam 40.P.Bhaskar Reddy, Occu: Superintendent of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hyderabad-I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 41.P.Nagabhushanam, Occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Azamabad-II Range, C/o VST Factory, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 42.R.Sridhar, Occu: Superintendent of C. Excise,Hqrs.Office, Hyd-II Commissionerate, Basheerabagh, Hyderabad. 43.M.Rama Rao, Occu: Inspector of C.Excise, Kompally Range, Chinna Thokatta, New Bowenpally, Secunderabad. 44.S.V.S.Nageswera Rao, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 45.M.Balaji Singh, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Hqrs. Office, Hyd-III Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 46.G.Suryanarayana, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Audit Section, Hqrs. Office, Hyd-I Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 47.P.Gopal Reddy, Occu: Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Ragiv Gandhi International Airport, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 48.Md. Rafiuddin, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Hqrs. Office, Hyd-I Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 49.Mohd. Sirajuddin, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, UB Unit, Air Cargo Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad 50.D.Srikanth, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, P & I Unit, Divisional Office, Hyderabad-F Division, CLS Building,Nampally, Hyderabad. 51.M.V.Subba Rao, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Hqrs. Office, Audit Section, Hyd-III Commissonerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 52.Nagesh V.Rao, Occu: Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 53.Abdul Hafeez, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Hqrs. Office, Statistics, Hyd-I Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 54.B.Paneswera Rao, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Kothur-I Range, Shamshabad, Ranga Reddy District 55.G.Arun Kumar, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Tribunal Section, Hqrs, Office, Hyd-I Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 56.K.Raja Kishore, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Hqrs. Office, Tirupathi Commissionerate, Tirupathi. 57.Sri Hari Kishan Rao, Occu: Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Chitkul Range, Vivekananda Nagar, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-072 58.Sri Sudarshan Wellington, Occu: Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Jeedimetla-II Range, Chinna Thokatta, New Bowenpally, Secunderabad. 59.Sri.J.Jayaraj, occu: Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Bollarum-I Range, Opp.: ICICI Bank , KPHB, Hyderabad -72 60.Sri K.Kusa Kumar, occu: Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Hqrs. Office, Hyderabad -II Commissionerate, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 61.Sri P.Vasudeva Rao Occu: Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise,Nellore Division, Santhapat, Nellore. 62.Sri Ch.Rambabu, occu: Inspector of Customs & Central Excise,Division-M, Chinna Thokatta, New Bowenpally, Secunderabad 63.Sri.D.Srirama Sastry, occu: Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Nagar Range, Posnett bhavan, Ramkote, Hyderabad. 64.A.S.Prabhakar Rao , Inspector of Central Excise O/o Supdt. of Central Excise, Ameerpet Range, Posnett Bhavan, Ramkote, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 65.K.Yugandhar, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Adjudication, Hqrs. Office, Hyderbad-I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-4 66.B.G.Madhav Reddy, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Selective Audit, Hqrs. Office, Hyderabad-1 Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-4 67.P.V.Ratnakara Rao, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Kattedan Range, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Ramkote, Hyderabad. 68.M.Vijaykumar occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Anti- Evasion, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad –4. 69.T.Kaladhara Raju, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Kothur-I Range, Shamshabad, Ranga Reddy District 70.S.S.Rajurkar, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax, Division-D, CLS Building, Nampally, Hyderabad. 71.S.Hanuma Prasad, Occu: Intelligence Office, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Plot No.499, Road No.12 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad –34 72.T.Anandmohan, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Kothur-I Range, Shamshabad, Ranga Reddy District. 73.Y.Satyanarayanamurthy, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Preventive Unit, Diivision-G, CLS Building, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad. 74.P.Rajendra Prasad, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Hqrs. Office, Adjudication, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate. 75.D.Malleswar, occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Division-G, Habsiguda, Street No.4, Habsiguda, Hyderabad. 76.B.Manohar occu: Inspector of Central Excise, Charminar-I Range, Posnett Bhavan, Ramkote, Hyderabad. 77.M.A.Qadeer, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Division-F, CLS Building, Nampally, Hyderabad. 78.M.Koteswera Rao, occu: Superintendent of C. Excise, Technical Section, Vizag-I , Commissionerate, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. 79.Sayeed Ahmed, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Nirmal Range, Indira Nagar, Post Office Building, Nirmal, Adilabad District 80.E.D.Sarovoram, occu: Inspector of C. Excise, Ameerpet Range, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 81.N.Prakash Rao, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Kurnool of Hyd-II Commissionerate, Kurnool 82.T.Vivekananda, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Eluru Divisional Office, Eluru 83.P.N.V.Prasad, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Rajiv Gandhi International Air Port, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 84.D.Chandraskehar Rao, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise , Rajiv Gandhi International Air Prot, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 85.S.Gopalkrishna Murthy, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Divisional Office, C.R. Building, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 86.Md. Mustafa Ali, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise Guntur Commissionerate, Guntur. 87.Md.Suleman, Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Legal Section, Hyderabad-IV Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Ramkote, Hyderabad. 88.P.Koteswera Rao, Inspector of Customs Central Excise Divisional office, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada 89.T.V.R.Sambasadasiva Rao, Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad-B Division, Opp.ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B Main Road, Hyderabad -72 90.S.Kameshwera Rao , Inspector of Central Excise, Vizianagaram Division, Vizianagaram. 91.Ch.Venkata Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Palasa Range, Palasa, Srikakulam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Certiorari Calling for the records relating to the Common order dated: 29/12/2003 in O.A.No.938/02, 953/02, 954/02, 990/02, 994/02, 1017/02, 1021/02, 1022/02, 1050/02 & 701/2003 on the file of the Hon'ble Central Administrative Trinunal, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad and Quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondents No.1 to 4: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASSISTANT SG) Counsel for the Respondents No.5 to 64 & 81 TO 88 ; MR. P. NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondents No.65 to 80: MR. B.G. RAVINDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents No. 89: MR. Y. VENKATESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondents No.90: MR. K.K. SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents No.91: MR. M. KESAVA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 10601 of 2004 Between: 1.G.Vikram Reddy, S/o G. Komurella Reddy, Aged 36 years, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs & C.E.Cuddapah Division, Cuddapah 2.K.Ravi Kiran, S/o K.Venkateswara Rao,Aged 38 years, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise, Office of the Commissioner of Customs & C.E., Visakhapatnam-I, Commissionerate, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1.The Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad Zone, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan,L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 2.The Commissioner of Customs & Centre Excise Hyderabad II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 3.The Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs North Block, New Delhi-110 001 4.The Government of India , Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Personal and Training, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-1100 001 5.S.Rama Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, S/o S.V.Ramana, Inspector of Central Excise, Ghatkesar Rage, Habsiguda, Street No.4, Hyderabad. 6.V.L.N.Srinivas , Inspector of Central Excise Hqrs. Office, Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 7.B.S.Murthy, Inspector of Central Excise, CIU, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, Hyderabad -4 8.A.Hari Gopal, Inspector of Central Excise, Cherlapalli-II Range, Street No.4, Habsiguda, Hyderabad-500 007. 9.K.L.S.Kishore Babu, Inspector of Central Excise Kukatpally-II Range, Aswani Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad. 10.M.Srinivas Rao , Inspector of Central Excise , Hqrs office Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 11.K.Sudhakar, Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax Section Hqrs. Office, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 12.D.Swamiji Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Hyderabad-J Division, CLS Building, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad. 13.Ch.V.Dhanujaya Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Azamabad-II Range, C/o VST Factory, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 14.G.Subash Chandra Bose, Inspector of Central Excise, Bollarum-II Range, Opp.ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B., Hyderabad-72. 15.M.Sambasiva Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Divisional Office, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road Vijayawada-2. 16.G.V.B.G.Tilak, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-I, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada -2 17.Y.Srirama Chandra Murthy, Anti-evasion, Hyderabad-III K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 18.A.Vijaya Lakshmi, Superintendent of Central Excise, Division-N, Technical Section, opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 19.T.Ramamohana Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Kukatpally-I Range, Aswani Homeo Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad 20.P.M.V.Kusuma Kumari, Inspector of Central Excise O/o the Superintendent of Central Excise, Mallapur Range, Habsiguda, Hyderabad. 21.K.V.Lakshmi, Inspector of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hyderabad -I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 22.S.Chellammal, Inspector of Central Excise, SIIB, Hyderabad-II commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500 004 23.S.Badarinath, Inspector of Central Excise, Air Cargo Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad 24.L.Janakiramaiah , Inspector of Central Excise Divisional Office, Service Tax, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Raod, Vijayawada-2 25.A.Visweswera Rao, Inspector of Central Excise ,Service Tax Section, Divisional office, Vijayawada Division, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 26.D.Usha Rani, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-IV Vijayawada, C.R.Building, Bandar Raod, Vijayawada-2 27.C.V.Subramanyam , Inpsector of Central Excise , Division-N, Opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 28.K.Subramanya Sarma, Inspector of Central Excise, Adjudication Section, Hyderabad-IV, Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari Calling for the records relating to the Common order dated 29-12-2003 in O.A.No.938 of 2002 & Batch and R.A.No.17 & 18 of 2004 in O.A.Nos.938 of 2002 on the file of the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad bench, Hyderabad Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.KANAKA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4 : MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASSISTANT SG) Counsel for the Respondent No.5 : MR. P. NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.6 to 28: None appeared WRIT PETITION NO : 13525 of 2004 Between: 1.A.V.S. Mallikharjuna Rao, S/o. Sri Umamaheswara Rao, Aged 36 years, Senior Intelligence Officer, D.R.I. Hyderabad. 2.B.L. Adinarayana, S/o. Sri Sambasiva Rao, Aged 37 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, Divisional Office, Nellore. 3.Y.V. Sarala Devi, W/o. Sri Narasimha Rao, 39 years, Superintendent of Central Excise, H.Qrs Office, Commissionerate IV, Posnett Bhavan, Abids, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1.The Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad Zone, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan,L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 2.The Commissioner of Customs & Centre Excise Hyderabad II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500004 3.The Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs North Block, New Delhi-110 001 4.The Government of India , Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Personal and Training, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-1100 001 5.S.Rama Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, S/o S.V.Ramana, Inspector of Central Excise, Ghatkesar Rage, Habsiguda, Street No.4, Hyderabad. 6.V.L.N.Srinivas , Inspector of Central Excise Hqrs. Office, Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 7.B.S.Murthy, Inspector of Central Excise, CIU, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, Hyderabad -4 8.A.Hari Gopal, Inspector of Central Excise, Cherlapalli-II Range, Street No.4, Habsiguda, Hyderabad-500 007. 9.K.L.S.Kishore Babu, Inspector of Central Excise Kukatpally-II Range, Aswani Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad. 10.M.Srinivas Rao , Inspector of Central Excise , Hqrs office Central Excise Technical Section, Hyderabad-I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 11.K.Sudhakar, Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax Section Hqrs. Office, Hyderabad-III Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 12.D.Swamiji Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Hyderabad-J Division, CLS Building, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad. 13.Ch.V.Dhanujaya Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Azamabad-II Range,C/o VST Factory, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 14.G.Subash Chandra Bose, Inspector of Central Excise, Bollarum-II Range, Opp.ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B., Hyderabad-72. 15.M.Sambasiva Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Divisional Office, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Road Vijayawada-2. 16.G.V.B.G.Tilak, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-I, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada -2 17.Y.Srirama Chandra Murthy, Anti-evasion, Hyderabad-III K.S.Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 18.A.Vijaya Lakshmi, Superintendent of Central Excise, Division-N, Technical Section, opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 19.T.Ramamohana Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Kukatpally-I Range, Aswani Homeo Hair Oil Building, Moosapet, Hyderabad 20.P.M.V.Kusuma Kumari, Inspector of Central Excise O/o the Superintendent of Central Excise, Mallapur Range, Habsiguda, Hyderabad. 21.K.V.Lakshmi, Inspector of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hyderabad -I Commissionerate, K.S.Bhavan,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 22.S.Chellammal, Inspector of Central Excise, SIIB, Hyderabad-II commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan L.B.Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500 004 23.S.Badarinath, Inspector of Central Excise, Air Cargo Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad 24.L.Janakiramaiah , Inspector of Central Excise Divisional Office, Service Tax, Vijayawada Division, C.R.Buildings, Bandar Raod, Vijayawada-2 25.A.Visweswera Rao, Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax Section, Divisional office, Vijayawada Division, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 26.D.Usha Rani, Inspector of Central Excise, Range-IV Vijayawada, C.R.Building, Bandar Raod, Vijayawada-2 27.C.V.Subramanyam , Inpsector of Central Excise , Division-N, Opp.Hanuman Temple, New Bowenpalli, China Thokatta, Secunderabad -3 28.K.Subramanya Sarma, Inspector of Central Excise, Adjudication Section, Hyderabad-IV, Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Hyderabad 29.M.Yedukondalu, Superintendent of Central Excise, Hindupur-I Range, Hindupur, Ananthapur (Dist.) 30.G. Vikram Reddy, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o Asst. Commissioner of Customs & C. Excise, Cuddapah Division, Cuddapah. 31.R. Sai Surya Prasad, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o. Asst. Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Divisional Office, Kurnool Division, N.R.Pet, Kurnool. 32.B. Vijaya Lakshmi, Superintendent of Central Excise, Technical Section, ‘N’ Division, Plot No.240, Opp. Hanuman Temple, Chinna Thokatta, New Bowenpalli, Secunderabad-500 011. 33.S.Rajendra Kumar Reddy, Superintendent of Central Excise, Ananthapur Range, D.No.13-3-309, Thakai Towers, R.F. Road, Ananthapur. 34.K.Satish, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o. Asst. Commissioner of Central Excise, Divisional Office, Kurnool Division, N.R.Pet, Kurnool. 35.S.A. Vidyasagar, Inspector of Central Excise, Audit Section, Hqrs. Office, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, L.B. Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-500 004. 36.G. Naveen Reddy, Superintendent of Central Excise, Audit Section, Head Quarters Office, Vizag-II Commissionerate, New Central Excise Bldgs, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-530 035. 37.K. Ravi Kiran, Superintendent of Central Excise, Tribunal Section, Hqrs. Office Port Area, Visakhapatnam-I Commissionerate, Visakhapatnm-530 035. 38.G.V. Venugopala Raju, Superintendent of Central Excise, Range-V, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 39.G.V. Durga Prasad, Inspector of Central Excise, O/o. The Chief Commissioner of Customs & C. Excise,Hyderabad Zone, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, L.B. Stadium Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad - 500 004. 40.K.V. Rama Devi, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o. The Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, Division-'H', 3/1 & 3/2, Street No.4, Habsiguda, Hyderabad. 41.P. Balaji, Inspector of Central Excise, Technical Section, Hyderabd-I Commissionerate, Kendriya shulk Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad-4. 42.Rachakonda Srinivas, Inspector of Central Excise, O/o. the Superintendent of Central Excise, Bollaruam-I, Range, Opp: ICICI Bank, Kukatpally Housing Board, Hyderabad - 500 072. 43.S. Suresh Kumar, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o. the Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Divisional Office, Kurnool Division N.R Pet, Kurnool. 44.D. Srinivas Reddy, Superintendent of Central Excise, Yerraguntla Range, Yerraguntla, Cuddapah District. 45.G.R. Srinivas, Superintendent of Central Excise, Audit Section, Head Quarters Office, Vizag-II, Commissionerate, New Central Excise Building, Port Area, Visakhaptanam - 530 035. 46.S. Seetharami Reddy, Superintendent of Central Excise,Anti-Evasion Section, Hqrs. Office, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-II, Commissionerate, Visakhaptanam - 530 035. 47.Rajkumar Jaiswal, Superintendent of Central Excise, Divisional Office, O/o. the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, D.No.13-3-309, THAKAI Towers, R.F. Road, Ananthapur. 48.L. Sai Sekhar, Superintendent of Central Excise, O/o. the Assistant Commissionr of Central Excise, Division-I, Venkateswara Shopping Complex, Dwaraka Nagar, Visakhapatnam-530 035 49.M.V.S.Prasad, Superintendent of Customs & Central Excise Audit Section, Hqrs. Office, C.R.Buildings, Kannavari Thota, Guntur 50.C.Paul Dinakar Babu, Inspector of Central Excise, Service Tax, Divisional Office, Vijayawada Division, C.R. Buildings, Bandar Road, Vijayawada-2 51.Syed Imtiaz Ahmed, Inspector of Customs, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 52.Shaik Meera Mohaddin, Inspector of Central Excise, O/o the Superintendent of Central Excise, Bollarum-III Range, Opp. ICICI Bank, K.P.H.B Main Road, Hyderabad –500 072 53.Syed Abdullah, Inspector of Central Excise, Office of the Superintendent of Central Excise, Kothur-I Range, Shamshabad, Rangareddy