IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 20271 of 1999 Between: 1 M.Venkateshan son of Muniswamy working as TLF Gr. I, C.R.S. , S.C. Railway, Tirupathi 2 H.Victor Page son of Henry Page R/o Guntakatta Street, Renigunta -517520 3 S.Arul Kumar son of Shanmugam working as TLF Gr. I, C.R.S. , S.C. Railway, Tirupathi ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 General Manger S.C.Raiway, Union of India Rail Nialyam Secunderabad-3 2 The Cheif Worshop Manager Carriag Repair Shop S.C. Railway Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist 3 The Workshop Personal Officer S.C. Railway , Carriage Repair Shop Tirpathi 4 P.V.Ramanaiah son of Subbaiah Train Lighting Fitter, Gr. II Carriage Repair Shop, S. C. Railway Tirupathi and others 5 M.Srinivasan, son of Mutthu Train Lighting Fitter, Gr. II Carriage Repair Shop, S. C. Railway Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist 6 M.Subrahmanyam son of M.Krishnaiah Train Lighting Fitter, Gr. II Carriage Repair Shop, S. C. Railway Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ or order or directions more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the order passed by the CAT, Hyderabad Bench, in OA.No.647/97 dt. 16/04/1999 modifying the seniority list dated 9/05/1997 to place the Private Respondents herein ( 4to 6) above the direct recruits, resulting in reversion of the petitioners herein, duly setting aside the consequetial orders issued by R-3 vide his memo. No. TR/P.535/ELEC/ARTISAN/VOL-11 dt. 20/08/1999 in which the petitioner are reverted when the decision in OA.No.873/92 with regard to seciority of the petitioners herein attained finality by the SLPNo. 10091/97 & 10092/97 filed by the petitioners therein , and with consequential diretion to restore the promotion of the petitioner as Grade-I as per the promotional orders of R-3 dt. 23/04/1998 and 26/06/1998 , with all the consequental benefits , decalring the action of the respondents to revert the petitioners as arbitrary, illegal, un- warranted and in violation of Art 14 and 16 of the Constituation of India Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SANKA RAMAKRISHANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.KISHORE RAO The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO 20271 of 1999 Oral Order : ( Per Sri GM , J ) It is represented by the learned counsel for both the parties that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by the decision of this Court in Writ Petition No.17533 of 1999, dated 11-6-2008. Following the said judgment, and for the reasons given therein, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________ GM, J ______________ CVR, J Kk/pnv 11-6-2008