THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.NOS.2915 AND 2923 OF 2004 COMMON ORDER The petitioners in these two writ petitions are working as temporary sub staff in the respondent – Bank in the Nellore and Krishna Districts respectively. They filed the present writ petitions aggrieved by the action of the respondent – Bank in giving artificial breaks in their services and in not regularizing them. The respondent – Bank filed counter affidavits and stated inter alia that all the petitioners are empanelled as temporary sub-staff in terms of the settlement dated 9.1.1995 and that the bank is utilizing their services in leave vacancies on ration. During the pendency of the writ petitions, the services of the 1st petitioner in W.P.No.2923/2004 is regularized as per the terms of the settlement dated 9.1.1995 and petitioner no.2 in W.P.No.2923/2004 is at serial no.9 in the updated panel of Nellore District, the petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 in W.P.No.2915 of 2004 are at serial nos. 2 and 4 respectively in Nellore District panel. It is stated that the their cases will be considered for absorption as per their seniority in the panel and subject to the rules regarding reservation for SC/ST etc., and till then they are entitled only for temporary appointments in leave vacancies on ration and that they cannot demand regularization out of tern basis. It is also stated that the matter is covered by the judgment of this court dated 27.12.2007 in W.P.Nos.20764 and 22061 of 2000. With regard to 3rd petitioner in W.P.No.2915/2004 it is stated that he met with an untimely death. With these averments, the writ petitions are sought to be closed. As the relief sought for in the present writ petitions is covered by the order dated 27.12.2007 passed by this court in W.P.No.20764 and 22061 of 2000 and further recording the statement made in the counter affidavit that the services of the 1st petitioner in W.P.No.2923/2004 is regularized and the services of other petitioners, except the petitioner no.3 in W.P.No.2915/2004 who met with untimely death, were empanelled as temporary sub-staff in terms of the settlement dated 9.1.1995 entered into by the Bank with the All India Andhra Bank Award Employees’ Union under Section 12(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act and that their services with be regularized as per the seniority in the panel and that till then their services will be utilized in leave vacancies as and when arise in the branches in the said District on rotation along with other candidates in the panel, the writ petitions are closed. No costs. AVS -------------------------------- 10—03—2010