IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 5105 of 2004 Between: P.Ravinder Reddy, S/o P.Venkat Reddy, which is equivalent to the post of Junior Assistant in the Office of SETMAH, Mahaboobnagar, R/o Mahaboobnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Chairman and District Collector, SETMAH, Mahaboobnagar. 2 Chief Executive Officer, SETMAH, Mahaboobnagar. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Rule Nisi calling records pertaining to the appointment of the Writ Petitioner and the vacancy position of the post of Junior Assistant and issue an appropriate Writ Order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to appoint the Writ Petitioner on regular basis in the post of Junior Assistant giving the Scale of Pay and all other emoluments applicable to the post of Junior Assistant by declaring the act of the Respondent in not appointing the Writ Petitioner on regular basis as arbitrary, illegal, irregular, unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRINIVASAN RAJAN Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.RAMANUJA CHARI The Court made the following: ORDER: Heard both sides. The learned counsel on either side placed a judgment of a Division Bench of this Court in a batch of writ petitions passed in W.P.No.12272 of 1992 and batch, dated 16.07.1997, wherein it is held as follows: “We, therefore, direct that the representations submitted by the petitioners who have not got the benefit of full pay-scales shall be expeditiously and without avoidable delay examined by the respondents concerned and steps be taken to extend the pay benefits due to them, so as to avoid discrimination among the employees of STEP societies. We dispose of the writ petitions accordingly.” This writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the above direction in the light of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the above batch of writ petitions. No costs. _________________ 08.12.2004 VGB To 1 The Chairman and District Collector, SETMAH, Mahaboobnagar. 2 The Chief Executive Officer, SETMAH, Mahaboobnagar. 3 2CD copies