IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21388 of 1999 Between: 1 Md.Khan, S/o Mohd. Ismail Khan, R/o B/57/F1/, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad. 2 Md.Azam Khan, S/o late Mahmood Ali, R/o. MIGH-55, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad. 3 P.S. Lakshman Rao, S/o late P.Singaram, R/o 12-5-103/2, Vijayapuri, Tarnaka, Sec'bad. 4 L.N.Srinivas, S/o L.N.Ayengar, R/o F.No.504, Venkat Krupa Aprts., Domalguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Energy & Power Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Member Secretary (APSEB), Andhra Pradesh Transco Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 3 The Chairman cum Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Transco Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Andhra Pradesh Transco Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Metro Zone, Khairatabad, 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 direct the respondents herein to treat the petitioners herein as continued in services as Addl. Asst. Engineers upto the age of 60 years and consequently to pay the pensioners herein all consequential beneﬁts and attendant beneﬁts including the arrears of salary and revision of pension accordingly and arrears of pension arising thereon with bank rate interest, by holding the action of the respondents herein in not doing so by giving eﬀect to the letter and spirit of the Judgment of the Hon'ble High Court dt.21-7-89 rendered in W.A.No.309 of 1985 and driving the petitioners herein to the Hon'ble High Court despite several reminders as illegal, bad, discriminatory, void-ab-initio and violative of Art.14, 16 and 21 of the constitution of India, by the issuance of writ, order or direction(s) essentially in the nature of writ of Mandamus and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstance of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.J.SUDHEER (Not Present) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P.R.BALARAMI REDDY (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.21388 of 1999 ORDER: Today, when the matter is called, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioners. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. No order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY 25th August, 2008 IBL