IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21629 of 1999 Between: The Management of Hyderabad Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Bo Rep.by it's General Manager, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 P.Prabhakar, Rep.by it's General Secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 2 T.Surender, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 3 Srinivas, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, employees Union, Hyderabad. 4 B.T. shyam, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 5 Smt. Shobarani, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 6 C.Krishna, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, employee Union, Hyderabad. 7 N.Yadagiri, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 8 Raghu, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 9 Sayeed, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 10 Shiva Kumar, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 11 K.Rajender, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 12 K.Narsingrao, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 13 Narsimloo, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 14 K.Ramesh, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyderabad. 15 Smt. Narsubai, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 16 N.Narsimha, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 17 P.Vijay Pal Reddy, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, employee Union, Hyd. 18 P.Raj Kumar, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, employee union, Hyd. 19 K.Ramulu, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 20 C.Baburao, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 21 C.Krishnaiah, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 22 Shivaram Prasad, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 23 Shiva Lingam, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 24 J.Narsimloo, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 25 Balraj, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 26 Omprakash, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 27 K.V.Srinivas, rep.by it's General secretary, Hyderabad MetroWater Spply and Sewerage Board, Employee Union, Hyd. 28 The Addl. Industrial Tribunal-cum- Addl.labour Court, Hyderabad. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:NONE APPEARED Counsel for respondent 1 to 27: MR M.PANDURANGA RAO Counsel for respondent No.28: AGP FOR LABOUR The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Certiorari to quash award dated 22-06-1998 passed by the Additional Industrial Tribunal-cum- Additional Labour Court, Hyderabad. By the said award, the Additional Labour Court directed the petitioner to reinstate the respondents with continuity of service and all attendant benefits but without back wages and without affecting the seniority of those who are working on the date of publication of the award. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. Sri M.Panduranga Rao, learned counsel for the respondents, submitted that in pursuance of the interim order of this Court, the respondents have been reinstated in the year 1999 itself and have been working. The learned counsel fairly submitted that the respondents are not pressing for the award relating to payment of back wages. Inasmuch as the respondents have been working after their reinstatement for more than 9 years, and they have waived their claim for back wages, I do not find any reason to interfere with the direction given by the Additional Labour Court to reinstate the respondents. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of by holding that the respondents are not entitled to back wages. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 28th November, 2008 vrn