IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT APPEAL No : 1 4 5 8 of 2009 Between: A.P.Houseing Board, Represented by its Vice Chairman & Housing Commissioner, Gruha kalpa, MJ Road, Hyderabad & Anr. … Appellants V/s. B. Laxmi, w/o B. Swamy, aged 52 years, R/o Hyderabad & 121 Ors. … Respondents Counsel for the Appellant : Sri A.K. Jayprakash Rao Counsel for the Respondents: Sri G. Vidyasagar The Division Bench made the following Order: (Order follows 2nd page) THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT APPEAL No. 1 4 5 8 of 2009 O R D E R : ( Per the Hon’ble Smt.Justice T.Meenakumari) The writ appeal is filed against the order dated 03-9-2009 passed in WPMP.No. 9402 of 2009 in WP.No.8544 of 2005 by the learned single Judge, whereby the learned single Judge extended the benefit of revised pay scales to respondent Nos. 3 and 4 herein. 2. The main writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking to direct the respondents to fix the pay scales of the petitioners by duly releasing the increments, as per G.O.(P( No.213 dated 27-8-2005 and PRC 2005 and also with further direction to pay the bonus for the period 2005-06 and 2006-07 on par with other employees of the Board and to pass such other suitable orders as this court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 3. When the matter came up for hearing today, both the learned counsel, Sri A.K. Jayprakash Rao and Sri G.Vidyasagar submitted that the matter is covered by the judgment of the First Division Bench of this Court and submitted a copy of the order dated 25-1-2010 passed in Writ Appeal No.1475 of 2009 by the First Division Bench of this Court, comprising the Hon’ble the Chief Justice and Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, wherein the Division Bench held as hereunder: “Feeling aggrieved by order dated 03-9-2009 in WPMP.No. 5876 of 2009 and WVMP.No.1841 of 2009 in WP.No.8391 of 2005, the present writ appeal is filed. The respondents herein, who are the Class-IV employees and who are retrenched by the appellants, filed Writ Petition No.8391 of 2005. This Court granted interim direction for their continuance. For the last four years, on the strength of the said direction, the respondents are being continued. During the pendency of the writ petition, pay scales for Class-IV employees were revised by appellant No.1 Board. The respondents therefore filed WPMP.No.5876 of 2009 for extending the pay scales to them as well. This Court by order dated 19-3-2009 granted interim direction to that effect. The appellants filed WVMP.No.1841 of 2009 seeking vacation of the said order. The learned single Judge, having considered the said application, dismissed the same. Having heard the learned standing counsel for the appellants and the learned counsel for the respondents, we are of the view that the reasons given by the learned single Judge for dismissing the vacate stay application do not call for any interference. Admittedly, revised pay scales have been extended to the persons who are situated similar to the respondents and therefore the learned single Judge held that there is no justification to discriminate the respondents against such similarly situated persons. Therefore, we do not find any reason to interfere with the order under appeal. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. ” 4. Following the dicta laid down by the First Division Bench of this Court, this writ appeal stands on the same footing. We do not find any reason to interfere with the order under appeal. 5. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. However, there shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ Justice T.Meena Kumari ___________________________________ Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao 20-04-2010. I s L THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOORTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT APPEAL No. 1 4 5 8 OF 2009 Judgment of the Division Bench delivered by the Hon'ble Smt.Justice T.Meenakumari) Circulation Entry No. 8 8 Date: 20-IV-2010 COMPUTER No. 43 Court Master: I s L