HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.4843 of 1997 MONDAY, THE 9th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2009 Between: A. Venkateswarlu and others ….PETITIONER(S) and The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary to Govt., Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others …RESPONDENT(S) HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.4843 of 1997 ORDER: (PER SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH) The writ petition is already dismissed as withdrawn in so far as petitioners 1, 2 and 5 are concerned as per the order of this Court dated 12.10.2009. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that 6th petitioner was appointed as part-time lecturer during 1991-92. Therefore, keeping in view the orders of the Government in G.O.Ms.No.212 Finance & Planning (FW.PC.III) Department dated 22.04.1994, whereby the Government, keeping in view the judgment of Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.2979 of 1992 dated 12.08.1992 and batch, directed that services of such persons who worked continuously for a minimum period of 5 years and are continuing as on 25.11.1993 be regularized by the appointing authorities subject to fulfillment of certain conditions; and also keeping in view one of the conditions stipulated in para 9.5 of G.O.Ms.No.328 Education (CE-III) Department dated 15.10.1997 which says that for being eligible for regularization of service, a part- time Lecturer must have put in a service of 3 academic years as on 30.07.1991 or 5 academic years as on 25.11.1993 as the case may be and also continuing in service (emphasis supplied) on the date of issuance of those orders; the writ petition is dismissed as against the 6th petitioner also. In so far as petitioners 3 and 4 is concerned, no particulars have been furnished as regards to their respective date of appointment as part-time lecturer but only stated that they have been working in 4th respondent’s college for the last 8 to 10 years prior to 1997. No counter affidavit has been filed till date. In so far as regularization of part-time lecturers is concerned, as referred to above, the Government issued orders in G.O.Ms.No.328 Education (CE-III) Department dated 15.10.1997 as one time measure to consider their cases for regularization if they put in a service of 3 academic years as on 30.07.1991 or 5 academic years as on 25.11.1993 as the case may be and also continuing in service (emphasis supplied) on the date of issuance of those orders. Hence, it is directed that if the petitioners 3 and 4 fulfils all the conditions mentioned in G.O.Ms.No.328 Education (CE-III) Department dated 15.10.1997, their cases may be considered in accordance with law. The respondents shall also keep in mind that the Apex Court in A.MANJULA BHASHINI AND OTHERS VS. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, A.P. WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[1] upheld the validity of the Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalization of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994 (for short `the 1994 Act') by Amendment Act Nos.3 and 27 of 1998, so also the cut off date as fixed for continuance of their service subject to the required period of service as on 25.11.1993. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. The interim order granted earlier stands vacated. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J _______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J ___________________________ VILAS V.AFZULPURKAR,J 9th November 2009 CVRK [1] 2009(5) ALD 58 (SC)