IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.7450 of 1999 Between: S. Mattam Raju S/o. Govind Raju R/o Godavarikhani Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, Hyderabad. 2 Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Rep. by its General Manager(Personnel) Kothagudem, Khammam District. 3 Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Rep. by its General Manager, RG-I Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. 4 Sri Ch. Chandra Sekhar Reddy S/o. not known Area Hospital, Rama Karishnapuram Adilabad 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 will be pleased to call for the records from the 2nd Respondent and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the Order passed by the 2nd Respondent in proceedings No.P(PM)4/672/A/B/250 dated 15-2-1999, refusing to rectify the pay anomaly in basic pay on par with 4th respondent as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, discriminatory amounts to unfair labour practice and violative of Articles 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India; and grant all consequential benefits, and pass such other order or orders as deemed fit and proper under the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.K.SRINIVASA MURTHY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The issue that arises for consideration in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by a Judgment of this Court in Writ Petition Nos.5416 and 5439 of 1999, dated 28-12-2007. Following the same, respondents 1 to 3 are directed to rectify the anomaly arisen out of the senior employees promoted from daily rated category to higher daily rated category compared to their juniors in the daily rated category and pay all the arrears and other benefits to the petitioner that may arise out of the said anomaly, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. The Writ Petition is allowed to the extent indicated above. No order as to costs. 07-3-2008 prk