THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition Nos.31796, 31804, 31811, 31814, 31850 and 31854 of 2011 Dated 05th December, 2011 Between: P.Nagi Reddy …Petitioner (W.P.No.31796 of 2011) And The Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd. , rep.by its Chairman and Managing Director, Opp.REC Petrol Pump, Hanamakonda, Warangal and others …Respondents (W.P.No.31796 of 2011) Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao Counsel for respondents: Sri S.V.Ramana For Sri O.Manohar Reddy The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The common grievance of the petitioners in all these writ petitions is that by the impugned communication, respondent No.2 has directed discontinuance of operators engaged by the petitioners. This Court has adjourned the cases to enable the learned Standing Counsel to report to the Court on two aspects, namely, (1) as the original contract period has expired on 31.08.2011, whether there are proposals for extension of the contract periods and (2) the reasons for directing discontinuance of the operators. At the hearing, both the learned counsel represented that the contracts in all these cases have been extended upto 31.12.2011. Sri S.V.Ramana, learned counsel, submitted that the only reason for directing discontinuance of operators was the impending expiry of contract periods on 31.08.2011. He stated that as the contracts have been extended upto 31.12.2011, the respondents will not insist on discontinuance of the operators so long as the extended period of contracts subsists. These submissions of the learned counsel for the respondents are placed on record and the writ petitions are accordingly disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to continue the operators of the petitioners so long as the contracts given in their favour subsist. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petitions, all the interlocutory applications are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 05th December, 2011 VGB