IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 5407 of 2002 Between: 1 Mahammad Mastan Saheb, S/o Mohammed Nabir Saheb, Indian Bank Kavitam, R/o 14-9-7/1 26th Ward, Near New Saibabatemple, Lakshminarasimham Street, Bhimavaram 534 201. 2 Chennamsetti Jagapathi Rao, S/o Janardhan Rao, Indian Bank, Palcole, R/o 14-9-7/1, Lakshminarasimham Street, Near Mini Shirdi Temple, Bhimavaram 534 201. 3 Narlesetti Krishna Rao, S/o Adinarayana, Indian Bank, Bhimavaram, R/o 165-14-29 13th Ward, Harijana Doctor Steet. Bhimavaram 534 201. 4 Palepu Venkata Lingam, S/o Veeranna, Indian Bank, Velivennu, LIG I, HNO.42, APHB Colony, Tanuku 534 211. 5 Lellela Yadagiri, S/o Bachaiah, Indian Bank, Masulipatnam, R/o 9/70-1-A , Kummarigudem, Masulipatnam 521 001. 6 Annarao Raja, S/o Mahalaxmi Rao, Indian Bank, Poduru, R/o 12-5-28, Sreerampeta, Behind RMC Play Ground. Palacole 534 260. 7 Pinisetti Kasi Viswanadham, S/o Jagannadham, Indian Bank, Palacole, R/o 28-5-7/1, Subbarayudu Temple Street. Palacole 534 260. 8 Pittala Ramachandra Rao, S/o Rajgopal Rao, Indian Bank, Masulipatnam, R/o 13/193-1, Nizampet, Masulipatnam. 9 Battula Nageswara Rao, S/o Suranna, Indian Bank, Poduru, C/o Poduri Ramakrishna, Mangali Street, Poduru 534 237. 10 Yerramalla Ganga Rao, S/o Swamy, Indian Bank, Veeravasaram, R/o 4th Lane, Brodipet, Palacole 534 260. 11 Chukka Appala Nageswara Rao, S/o Kannaiah, Indian Bank, Tanuku, R/o Canal Road, Near Indrra Distilleries, Pydiparu, Tanuku 534 211. 12 Ramakrishna Mandela, S/o Kanakam, Indian Bank, Tanuku, R/o 12th Ward, Bypass Road, Old Town, Tanuku 534 211. 13 Korlaiah Raghuta, S/o Yerraiah, Indian Bank, Vizianagaram, R/o LIG A-14, Vuda Colony, Phase II, Vizianagaram. 14 Nadadhur Venugopal, Indian Bank, Visakapatnam, R/o 1-171, Saptagirinagar, Chinamushidivada, Visakhapatnam 531 173. 15 Cherukur Vighneswara Satyanarayana Murthy, S/o Narsimha Murthy, Indian Bank, Seethampeta, R/o HIG -129, Sagarnagar, Visakhapatnam 530 043. 16 Pilli Bala Tripura Sundara Rao, S/o Adinarayana, Indian Bank, Hyderabad Main, R/o H.No.1-36/1//1, Road No.6, Jawahar Colony, Chandanagar, Hyderabad 500 050. 17 Telidevarapalli Hanumanth Prasad, S/o Late Surya Prakash Rao, ndian Bank, Guntur Main, R/o 4-3-94/B, First line, Ramannapeta, Guntur 522 007. 18 Gullapudi Narayana Rao, S/o Chalamayya, Indian Bank, Circle Office, Hyderabad, Plot No.11, Second Floor, Daivasadam Complex, Malkajgiri Cross Road, Hyderabad 500 047. 19 Somisetty Venkatanaga Sesha Chalapathi Rao, S/o Radhakrishna Rao, Indian Bank, Nidadavole, R/o 4-229, Chivtanm Road, Behind Ganumi Foundry, Tanuku 534 211. 20 Bachu Naga Venkata Madhusudhan Rao, S/o Subba Rao, Indian Bank, Prakashnagar, R/o G-3, Sri Bala Towers, II Floor, Budhavarapuvari Street, Behind Pedda Maseed, Kakinada-I. 21 Kolluri Suryanarayana, S/o K M Sastry, Indian Bank, Maadupula, Flat No.203, Varun Enclave, Opp. CAL Public School, Kapra, Hyderabad 500 062. 22 Bhogaraju Narasimha Rao, S/o Ramachandra Rao, Indian Bank, Eluru, R/o Plot NO.3, Road NO.2, RMS Colony, Eluru 534 002. 23 Burra Visalakshi, W/o Venkata Narayana Rao, Indian Bank, Putlibowli, R/o 1-5-7/3, Chaitanyapuri, Hyderabad 500 060. 24 Halede Matada Karibasava Swamy, S/o Rachotiah, Indian Bank, Adoni, R/o D.No 11-600, Kumbar Didoi, M M Road, Adoni. 25 Mullapudi Sivana Kumari Gupta, W/o Krishna Kumar Gupta, Indian Bank, Putlibowli, 4-3-224, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad 500 095. 26 Donda Mohan Kumar, Indian Bank, Pedagonnuru, C/o A.Narsimha, 16-287/A, Satyanarayanapuram, Balaji Talkies Road, Gudivada 521 301. 27 Pulipaka Sujatha, W/o Ramesh, Indian Bank, Varkatpura, 2-1-428, G-3, Siddartha Plaza, Nallakunta, Hyderabad 500 044. 28 Manjula Prasanna, W/o S K Prasanna, Indian Bank, Begumpet, 1-11-200, Flat No.3134, 'A' Block, Majestic Mansion, 3nd Floor, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016. 29 Dasari Venkata Padmavathi, W/o Taraka Rajendra Prasad, Indian Bank, Secunderabad, 7-1-54/2/2, Flat NO.48, Anand Apartments, Ameerpet, Hyderabad 500 016. 30 Vadde Yallappa, S/o Ramanna, Indian Bank, Halaharvi, 22/168, A-2, Sri Maruthi Nilayam, Vaddegiri, Nandikotkur 518 367. 31 Yerasi Sudarsana Reddy, S/o Narsimha Reddy, Indian Bank, Kurnool, Plot NO.78, Srinagar Colony, BV-Camp Extension, Kurnool 518 002. 32 Chittari Kumara Swamy, S/o Venkataramaiah, Indian Bank, Nandyal, D.NO.25/266A, Near Ramakrishna Vidyalayam, Sanjeevanagar, Nandyal. 33 Allu Venkata Saroja Babu, S/o Krishna Murthy, Indian Bank, Nagaram, H.NO.5-91, Road NO.11, Bhavani Nagar, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad 500 060. 34 Chodavarapu Lakshmi Narasimhan, S/o Late CVS Murthy, Indian Bank, Tenali, Type I, H.No.6-5-42, Self Finance Colony, Vanastalipuram, Hyderabad 500 070. 35 Allamraju Manohara Rao, S/o Late Satyanarayana Rao, Indian Bank, Kurnool, 18/304, Kamalanagar, B Camp Extension, Kurnool 518 002. 36 Md. Khamruddin Ahmed, S/o Mohiuddin Ahmed, Indian Bank, Adoni, H.NO.18/218, Srilakshmi Nagar B Camp Extension, Kurnool 518 002. 37 Subbaravati Umamaheswar , S/o Lakshminarasimha Sarma, Indian Bank, Kurnool, R/o 50-637, Tagore Nagar, Kurnool 518 002. 38 Punyamurthy Veera Raghava Sankar, S/o Late Venkata Appa Rao, Indian Bank, Brodipet, 25-18-77, Street Behind Sivalayam, Sampathnagar, Guntur. 39 Kollam China Veera Raju, S/o Late Ramaiah, Indian Bank, Gokavaram, H.No.73-11-4, Venkataramaiah Nagar, Rajahmundry 533 103. 40 Arepalli Satyanarayana, S/o Subba Rao, Indian Bank, Gandhinagar, D.No.80-22-5, III Street, Jayashree Gardens, A V Apparao Road, Rajahmundry 533 103. 41 Velugoti Anandakrishna, S/o Ramakrishna Yachendra, Indian Bank, Tirupathi, 19-4-H, STV Nagar, Tirupathi 517 501. 42 Thora Rama Rao, Indian Bank, Mogalrajpuram, G3, Ajantha Apartments, Gayathrinagar, Vijayawada 520 008. 43 Venu Papa Rao, S/o Venkanna, Indian Bank, Palacole, 409/4/A, 6th Cross Road, Ziria Nagar, Yanam 533 464. 44 P.P.Sripathi, S/o Seshagiri Rao, Indian Bank, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, T/1, 11-1-12, Sri Vijaya Residency Apts, Prakasam Road, RR Peta, Kakinada 533 003. 45 Komanduri Sudha Rani, W/o Durga Prasad, Indian Bank, Governorpet, C-2, Sushmitha Apartments, Patamata Lanka, Vijayawada 520 010. 46 Sanagapati Premnath Madhwa, S/o Prasada Rao, Indian Bank, Narayanguda, Flat No.6, Block I-HPG, Phase V, KPHB Colony, Hyderabad 500 072. 47 Kunapuli Natarajeswara Rao, S/o.Late krishna Murthy. 43-23-5,Upstairs,Station Road, Venkataraju Nagar, Dondaparti, Visakhapatnam 530 016 48 Jalluri Janaki Prasad, S/o Lingamurthy. 24-16-8B, Upstairs Front Portion, 3rd Line, Bavajipeta, Vijayawada-520 003 49 Mandalaparti Venkataramaiah, S/o Sreeramamurthy. Block No., Arvinda apartments, Ayodhyanagar, Vijayawada 520 003 50 Vadadlapudi Satya Vara Prasad Gandhi, S/o Mulaswamy. H.No.2-45, NTR Road, Vidyanagar, Satrampadu, Eluru 534 007 51 Burra Venkatanarayana Rao, S/o. Someswara Rao (late), Indian Bank, Secunderabad, 1-50-70/32, Chaitanyapuri, Hyderabad –500 660. 52 Savaram Kabir Das, S/o Naraiah. Flat No.4,Madhulika Apts, Street No.5, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad 500 029 53 Singaraju Nageswara rao, Retd.,Chief Manager, Indian Bank, Hyderabad. 54 Daita Nagendrudu, S/o Suryanarayana. H.No.22-114, Jyothingar, RC Puram, Hyderabad 500 032 55 Mokkarala Venkata Muralidharrao, S/o.M.K.Venkata Rao, 1-8-702/44, Padma Colony, Nallakunta, Hyderabad.5168 56 Cherukvu Subramanya Sastry, S/o Venkata Anjaneyuliu, Plot no.18, Road No.9, Snehapuri colony, Sasroornagar, Hyderabad - 500 080. 57 Eduri Rkudreswara Rao, S/o. Venkateswara Rao, Flat No.204, Nidhi Apts., Near Narmada Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, Hyderabad - 500 080. 58 Kolluri Narayana Mohan, S/o.Narayana Rao, 1-9-278/27, Balajinagar, Ramanagar Gundu, Hyderabad - 500 - 044. 59 Kolachalam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, S/o.Narsimha Sastry, falt no.302, Maruthi Classic Apts., Shalivahana Nagar, Main Road, Dilskuknagar- Hyderabad - 500 036. 60 Potharaju Satyanarayana Prasad, S/o.late Ramakrishna Rao Flat. No.B-206, Anuradhasadan Apts. Adikmet, Hyderabad- 500 044. 61 Mantha Kameswara rao, S/o.late Kameswara Sarma, plot no.54, Vsihnkupuri Extn., Malkajgiri, Hyderabad- 500 047. 62 Vavila Gopalakrishna, S/o. late VAB Sastry, Venkateswaranagar, Near Assn Playground, APHB Moulali, Hyderabad- 500 040. 63 Kota Krishna Muurthy, S/o.Adinarayana Sarmay, Res.12-11-199, Brahminbasti, Warasiguda, Secunderabad - 500 061. 64 Vinjukmir Venkata Subba Rao, S/o.V.V.Subba Rao, Res.2-1-429, Flat No.402, Geesis Apts., IV th street, Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 500 044. 65 Dendukuri Seshu Babu S/o. Sriramulu, Res.401=E, Keerthi Apts., 8-3-320, Yellaredyguda, Hyderabad - 500 073. 66 Balabhadraptruni Narasimha Murthy, S/o Lakshmi Narayana. Res:204,Ramasadan Apts, Huda colony, Chandanagar, Hyderabad-500 050 67 Ramabhatla Venkata Narasimha Murthy, S/o Jagannadha Swamy. Ramamurthy Colony, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad-500 028 68 Chakravarthi Sampath Kumar, S/oRangaswamy. Res G-3,Surabhicrystal Apts, 1-2-333/A, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029 69 Areekpalli Venkata Satyapadmaraj, S/o AKDS Prakasa Rao. Plot No.159, 1-30/A, Kapra, ECIL Post, Hyderabad-500 062 70 Andavilli Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Suryanarayana, D.No. 12-14-2, Bodapativari Street, Middle Road, Aryapuram, Rajamundry- 530 104. 71 Vasigala Babu Venkata Ramesh Babu, S/o. Krishna Rao, Res.48-1-40\4, 1st floor, Srinagar, Opp:Post Office, V.T.College to Reddy Hospital Road, Visakhapatnam - 530 016. 72 Pindiprolu Gopal Rao, S/o. Krishnam Raju, 201, Sri Sai Nikhitha Enclave, Challapallivari Street, S.N.Puram, Vijayawada - 520 011 73 Chitalapati Subrahmanyeswara Sarma, Chittoor, 23-16-33A, Rama Mandiram Street, Satyanarayanapuram, Vijayawada - 520 011 74 Akella Venkat Suryanarayana Murthy, S/o. Late Rammurthy, 50-50-38-13, TPT Colony, Seethammadhara, Vijayawada - 520 013 75 Vinnakotal Venkata Seetharamaiah, S/o. Gangaraju, 1-10-341, Flat NO.201, Viswajyothi Aplts, Lane No.9, Brahmanwadi, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016 76 Chrompet Natesan Radha, W/o. Viswandadha Ganapathi, Indian Bank, Mahaboobnagar, 77 Mrs Ganduri Murali, W/o. Sivaram Prasad, 3-4-862, Flot No.201, II Floor, Harshadham Apts, Barkatpura, Hyderabad - 500 027 78 Ayachitam Rajalaxmi, W/o. Late H S Harinath, A-2, II Floor, IB Flats, 1-1-530, Golconda Cross Raod, Hyderabad. 79 Maganti Ayodhya, S/o. Venkateswara Rao, Flat No.301, Sri Sai Rasidency, Main Raod, Balkampet, Hyderabad-500 029. 80 Nootalapati Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Venkata Krishnaiah, H.No. 3-6-779/2, Street No.14 Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad. 81 Meduri Venkata Baskar Satyanarayana rao, S/o. Krishna Murty, No.66, Jalavayuvihar, Kukatpalli, Hyderabad-500 072. 82 Pilarisetti Venkata Narayana Rao, S/o PS Ranganayakulu, 1/3, Surya Towers, Salar Bagh Street, Near Benz Circle, Vijayawada 520 010. 83 Gadiraju Venkata Suvramanyam, S/o Venkata Ramanaiah, 1-8-702/336, Vidyanagar, Street No.I, Nallakunta, Hyderabad 500 044. 84 Vinjamoori Ramakrishna, S/o Late Narasimham, 9/27/-2, Road 5A, Dwarakapuram, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad-500 060. 85 Palamadai Samkaram Ganesan, S/o Subramanian Sankaram, No.140. Saikiran apts, DK Road, Amerpet, Hyderabad 500 016. 86 Jagirdar Rama Devi, W/o Venkata Shyam Rao, Res:A106,Railway Qtrs, Kachiguda, Hyderabad. 87 Singamasetty Venkata Gopal, S/o Late Narayana Rao, Flat No.303, Malaya I, Jayabharati Gardens, Y Junction, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 018 88 Naragari Mahendra Rao, S/o Suryanarayana, Santy Colony, VTPS Campus, Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada. 89 Singarapu Mallikarjuna, S/o Naraya swamy, 10-51/E, SFI, Ananda Nilayam, Gokhale Nagar, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013 90 Rayabaram Venkata Bhaskara Ramalingeswara Rao, S/o Ammiraju, 5-3-11, 2/2, Brodipet,Guntur. 91 Mangala Ramabhadran, W/o TR Ramabhadran, Res.Flat No.A 11, Meera Apartments, Opp Skyline theatre, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad 500 029 92 Meka Sudershan Rao, S/o Meka Mahalakshmi, H.No.100, Near Postal Colony, Near Stella College, Vijayawada-8 ..... PETITIONERS AND Indian Bank, Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director, a body constitued under the Banking Companies(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings ) Act 1970 having its Central Office at No. 31, Rajaji sali, CHENNAI 600 001. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus a) declaring that the petitioners herein are entitled for increase of their qualifying service by a period not exceeding five (5) years subject to the condition that the total qualifying service rendered by such employee shall not in any case exceed 33 years of service and it does not take him beyond the date of superannuation, as mandated under Regulation No. 29(5) of the Indian Bank (Employees) Pension Regulations 1995 and consequently direct the respondent/Indian Bank to pay pension to the petitioners after increasing the qualifying service of the petitioner in terms of Regulation N0. 29(5) of the said pension Regulations 1995 and grant all consequential benefits including payment of interest at 18% per annum on the differential amount of pension from the date of petitioners retired from the service of the Bank until date of payment, without recourse to the following the illegal and arbitrary condition incorporated in the VRS Acceptance letters of the petitioners, "The pension eligibility shall be in terms of Indian Bank Employees' pension Regulations 1995 under Regulation No.28, subject to the proposed amendment" (b)Declaring that the petitioners are entitled to payment of pension calculated on the bases of actual pay, Fixed personal Allowance, professional Qualification Allowance and other allowances and emoluments drawn during their last ten (10) months of service in the Bank as mandated under Regulation Nos 35 and 38 of the pension Regulations 1995 together with dearness allowance thereon and direct the respondent- Bank to pay differential amount of pension and commutation value of pension to each of the petitioners on that basis together with interest at 18% p.a. from the date each of the petitioners retired from the service of the Bank until the date of payment and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice and equity, including award of costs, in the circumstances of the case and interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.A.KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent: MR.P.S.SASTRY The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.5407 of 2002 ORDER: When this matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel for both sides submit that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by a decision of this Court in Writ Petition No.18393 of 2003 dated 21.04.2009. A copy of that order is also placed before this Court. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of holding that the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of Regulation No.29 (5) of the Indian Bank (Employees) Pension Regulations 1995. Consequently, there shall be a direction to the respondent to recalculate the pension payable to the petitioners herein by giving them the benefit of the said Regulation as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 19-06-2009 Note: C.C. in two days (Bo) Gsn.