IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 15306 of 2003 Between: 1 T. Sreenivasulu, S/o. Ranganayakulu Occ: Secretary, Gulyam Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Halaharvi Mandal,Kurnool District 2 H.B. Rama Murthy, S/o. Raghavendrachar,Occ. Secretary, Chintakunta Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd, Halaharvi Mandal, Kurnool District 3 M. Anjaneyulu, S/o. late Mallappa,Occ: Secretary, Holagunda Primary Agricultural Co-op. Society Ltd, Holagunda Mandal, Kurnool District 4 H. Mallikarjuna Goud, S/o. Lingannagoud, Occ: Secretary, Aluru Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aluru Mandal, Kurnool District 5 J. Jayaramachandra S/o. Late Narayanappa, Occ: Secretary, Beladona Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District 6 V. Satyanarayana, S/o. Laxmanna, Occ: Secretary, Honnurukottala Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd, Holagunda Mandal, Kurnool District 7 B. Udaya Bhaskar, S/o. Balanna, Occ: Secretary, Aspari Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd, Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District 8 B. Thimmaiah, S/o. Nettekalappa, Occ: Secretary, Aluru Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aluru Mandal, Kurnool District 9 D. Venkatrama Reddy, S/o. Seetharami Reddy, Occ: Secretary, Joharapuram Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Co-operation Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Coop. Societies, Nampalli, Hyderabad 3 The Kurnool District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., rep. by its General Manager, Kurnool, Kurnool District 4. The District Coop. Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District 5. The Divisional Coop. Officer, Adoni, Kurnool District 6. Gulaym Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Halaharvi Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 7. Chintakunta Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd, Halaharvi Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 8. Holagunda Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Holagunda Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 9. Aluru Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aluru Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 10. Beladona Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 11. Honnurukottala Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Holagunda Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 12. Aspari Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 13. Joharapuram Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge .....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 issue a writ or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the salaries to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to pay salaries to the petitioners without reference to Sec. 116-C of the Cooperative Societies Act Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr.A.SATYA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1, 2 , 4, 5: G.P. for Cooperation Counsel for Respondent No.3, 6 to 13: -- The Court made the following order: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.3171 of 2003 and batch dated 30-8-2004. Following the said judgment, this writ petition is dismissed by and in terms thereof. No costs. 9-9-2004 lvl To 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Co-operation Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Coop. Societies, Nampalli, Hyderabad 3 The Kurnool District Coop. Central Bank Ltd., rep. by its General Manager, Kurnool, Kurnool District 4 The District Coop. Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District 5 The Divisional Coop. Officer, Adoni, Kurnool District 6 Gulaym Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Halaharvi Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 7. Chintakunta Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd, Halaharvi Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 8. Holagunda Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Holagunda Mandal,Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 9. Aluru Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aluru Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 10. Beladona Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 11. Honnurukottala Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Holagunda Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 12. Aspari Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 13. Joharapuram Primary Agricultural Coop. Society Ltd., Aspari Mandal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Person-in-Charge 14. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Cooperation, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (O.U.T.) 15 Two CD Copies.