THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO.15611 OF 1999 DATED 12-10-2009 Between: P.Anuradha …Petitioner And The State of Anhdra Pradesh rep. By Its Principal Secretary to Government and Three others …Respondents The Court made the following O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah): In this writ petition, the petitioner questions paragraphs 9 (5) and 13 of G.O.Ms.No.328 dated 15.10.1997 insofar as fixing the cut off date for counting the eligibility for regularisation is concerned. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to regularise her services as lecturer in Commerce in the aided vacancy of the fourth respondent-College granting all other benefits. As per paragraph 9(5) of the aforesaid G.O, only those who have put in a service of three academic years as on 30.07.1991 or five academic years as on 25.11.1993 as the case may be, and also continuing in service on the date of issue of these orders are eligible for regularisation. Paragraph 13 of the G.O prescribes that all cases will be considered on the basis of the principles/guidelines stipulated in the said G.O and appropriate orders will be passed within a period not exceeding six months from the date of issue of the G.O. The cut off date 25.11.1993, on which date the Andhra Pradesh (Regularisation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalization of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994 came into force, is concerned, the Supreme Court in A.Manjula Bhashini and others v. Managing Director, A.P. Women’s Co-operative Finance Corporation Ltd and another[1], upheld the same holding that the cut off date i.e., 25.11.1993 prescribed by the Legislature for determining the eligibility of daily wage employees and others covered by Section 7 of the 1994 Act cannot be dubbed as arbitrary, unreasonable, irrational or discriminatory. In view of the above, it cannot be said that fixing the cut off date as 25.11.1993 in G.O.Ms.No.328 dated 15.10.1997 is illegal or arbitrary. The petitioner was appointed as part time lecturer in the fourth respondent College on 30.07.1990. As she does not fulfil the criteria laid down by the aforesaid G.O, her services cannot be regularised. For the aforementioned reasons, the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ V. ESWARAIAH,J Dated 12th October, 2009 _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J _________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J vrn [1] 2009 (5) ALD 58 (SC)