IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT APPEAL NO : 374 of 2001 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 19.1.2001 in WP NO : 14280 OF 1999 on the file of the High Court.) Between: The Secretary, AP Social Welfare Residential educational Institutions Society and others ..... APPELLANTS AND P. Venkata Kumari .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellants: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE Counsel for the Respondent: MR.M.L.ALI MR. K. Durga Prasad The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.A.NO. 374 OF 2001 ORDER: (Per Smt. T. Meena Kumari, J) The present writ appeal is filed challenging the order of a learned single Judge of this Court in WP No. 14280 of 1999. According to the writ petitioner, he was entitled to pay scales on par with similarly placed employees in terms of the orders passed by this Court in WAMP No. 2213 of 1993 in WA Nos. 678 and 785 of 1993, dated 13.10.1993 and WPMP No. 23327 of 1996 in WP No. 1576 of 1996, dated 18.10.1996. The writ petitioner sought a direction from the Court to the respondents to pay such pay scales. The learned single Judge, having heard both sides, came to the conclusion that the petitioner was not paid salary on par with other employees who were similarly placed and directed the respondents to pay time scales of pay attached to the post to the petitioner from 13.10.1993 on par with other employees covered by the orders of this Court and granted eight weeks time to pay the arrears of salary to the writ petitioner. However, it has to be observed that the petitioner approached this Court after six years of the orders passed by this Court in WAMP No. 2213 of 1993 in WA Nos. 678 and 785 of 1993, dated 13.10.1993. Therefore, we are of the opinion that the writ petitioner can be given the time scales of pay from the date of filing of the writ petition. Accordingly we direct the appellants to pay the time scales of pay, attached to the post, to the respondent/writ petitioner from the date of filing of the writ petition on par with other employees in terms of the orders passed earlier by this Court. The order of the learned single Judge is modified to that extent. Accordingly, the writ appeal is disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ T. MEENA KUMARI, J _________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Dt.10.7.2008 KR ........REGISTRAR To 1. 2.2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WA { }