HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8252 OF 2001 ORDER: The matter was directed to be listed to day under the caption “for orders,” as there was no representation for the respondents on 25-11-2010, but still none appears for the respondents. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the material available on record. 3. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as Clerk in the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Limited, Nachepally Village, Nelakondapalli Mandal, Khammam District, respondent No.3, on 13-06-1991 on a salary of Rs.500/- per month. Since his salary was not paid till 31-08-1993 amounting to Rs.25,678/-, he filed a case under Payment of Wages Act and in that case he was informed by the respondents herein that his services were terminated. Then he filed a case in S.E. No.9 of 1995 before respondent No.2, the Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Khammam under Section 48 of A.P. Shops and Establishment Act, 1988 (for short “the Act”) and respondent No.2 by order dated 18-04-1996 directed respondent Nos.3 to 6 to reinstate him into service with full back wages. Against that order, respondent No.3 Society filed S.A. No.3 of 1996 on the file of respondent No.1, the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Warangal and respondent No.1 by order dated 09-09-1999 set aside the order passed by respondent No.2 dated 18-04-1996 holding that the Act is not applicable to the case of the petitioner. Aggrieved of the same, this writ petition is filed by the petitioner. 4. As revealed from the unnumbered paragraph No.6 of the true copy of the impugned order, ‘the main question in that appeal is by the date of termination of the petitioner whether the Act was applicable to respondent No.3 Society or not ? It is evident from G.O. Ms. No.150 W.D.C.W&L. (Labour - II) Department dated 27-10-1992 and G.O. Ms. No.167, Labour Employment and Training (Labour - II) Department dated 06-08-1988 that the Act was made applicable to the entire State with effect from 27-10-1992 and prior to that date the Act was applicable to the Head quarters of all the Mandals in the State and undisputedly, respondent No.3 Society is located in Nachepally Village, which is not a Mandal Head Quarters and it is a village in the Mandal of Nelakondapalli. Therefore, it is needless to say that the Act was not applicable to respondent No.3 Society prior to 27-10-1992 and it came within the purview of the Act only after 27-10-1992. Services of the petitioner were terminated prior to 27-10-1992, as such, he is not entitled to file an application under Section 48(1) of the Act before respondent No.2.’ 5. Now, learned counsel for the petitioner has produced G.O. Ms. No.175, Labour, Employment, Nutrition and Technical Education (Labour – II), dated 17-06-1983, as per which, all the provisions of the Act came in to force in the places mentioned in the list with effect from 01-07-1983 and column No.16 of the G.O. shows that it is applicable to Nelakondapalli Mandal also. 6. The case of the petitioner is that he was employed by respondent No.3 Society in Nachepalli Village of Nelakondapalli Mandal. But, the above G.O. relied on by the learned counsel for the petitioner does not say that it is applicable to Nachepalli village also, as it refers to only Nelakondapalli Mandal. Admittedly, Nachepalli village is different from Nelakondapalli Mandal and the G.O. does not say that it is applicable to all the villages in the Nelakondapalli Mandal or all the villages in Khammam District. The intention of the G.O. appears to be applicability of the same to the specific and exact places referred therein and thus Nachepalli village is not covered by it. 7. In view of the above, the contention of the petitioner that finding of respondent No.1 is erroneous is meritless and the petition is liable to be dismissed. 8. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 3, 2010.