IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1879 of 1994 Between: 1 K.Mahesh Reddy S/o.K.Raja Reddy C/o A.P. Social Welfare Residential School Adilabad District 2 M.Surya @ Suraiah S/o.M.Venkati C/o.APSWRIS (for girls) Adilabad District 3 P.Karunamma W/o.Adellu C/o.APSWRIS (for girls) Adilabad District 4 Leelabai W/o.Prabhulal C/o.APSWRIS (for girls) Adilabad District 5 Sammakka W/o.Pochanna C/o.APSWRIS (for girls) Adilabad District .... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P. rep.by its Secretary Social Welfare Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions society Potti Sreeramulu Nagar, at Hyderabad 3 The Social Welfare Residential Schools Society Adilabad, rep.by its Chairman/ Dist. Collector Adilabad Dist 4 The Principal Special Officer A.P.Social Welfare Residential School for Girls, Adilabad District .....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 orders more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not absorbing the petitioners into regular services and not paying the equal pay to the petitioners on par with regular employees is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 and 39(d) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to absorb all the petitioners as regular employees in the existing vacancies of respondent No.4 institution or any other similar institution from the date of their respective appointment and direct the respondents to pay the arrears of wages and consequential benefits to the petitioners and pass such other order. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.CHANDRASEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following Oral Order: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ___________________ S. Ananda Reddy, J Date:02.12.2004 va To 1 The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, State of A.P. A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions society, Potti Sreeramulu Nagar, at Hyderabad 3 The Social Welfare Residential Schools Society Adilabad, rep.by its Chairman/ Dist. Collector Adilabad Dist 4 The Principal Special Officer A.P.Social Welfare Residential School for Girls, Adilabad District 5. 2 CCs to GP for Social Welfare, High Court of A.P. Hyd (OUT) 6. 2 CD copies.