IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 35177 of 1998 Between: 1 SK. Shamim Banu W/o SK.Jilani Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation Parvathanagar, Balanagar Mandal, Rangareddy District 2 R.Bharathi W/o Bhoopathi Reddy Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation Parvathanagar, Balanagar Mandal, Rangareddy District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary to Goverment Womens Development Secretariat, Hyderabad and Child Welfare (WH.D) Department 2 The Andhra Pradesh Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation rep. by its Managing Director, Ground floor BRKR Buildings, Near Tank Bund, Hyderabad 3 The Assistant Director/District Manager, Andhra Pradesh Vikalangual Cooperative Corporation /Welfare of handicapped,Z.P. Buildings, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying salaries to the petitioners since December, 1996, as arbitrary, illegal, and in violation of Art 14 and 21 of the constitution of India and to issue a consequential direction to the respondent to pay the salaries to the petitioners which were due from December, 1996 to as on today forthwith and to continue to pay . Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SUBBA RAO KORRAPATI Counsel for the Respondent No1 : G.P. for Child for Women Welfare. Counsel for the Respondent No.2& 3: MR.K.RAMANUJA CHARI The Court made the following : ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners is that they were appointed as Teacher and Ayah respectively in the second respondent-corporation in the year 1991 on a salary of Rs.200/- and Rs.100/- per month as consolidated pay. Though they were continued till filing of the writ petition, salaries were not paid to them from the month of December, 1996 onwards. Therefore, they seek a direction to the respondents to pay the salaries from December, 1996 on wards. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that these two petitioners are not in service as on the date of filing of the writ petition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, if the petitioners worked with the second respondent-corporation for any period before filing the writ petition and were not paid salaries, the same shall be paid to them, if they are otherwise eligible. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________ 14-10-2004 klp To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary to Goverment Womens Development Secretariat, Hyderabad and Child Welfare (WH.D) Department 2 The Andhra Pradesh Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation rep. by its Managing Director, Ground floor BRKR Buildings, Near Tank Bund, Hyderabad 3 The Assistant Director/District Manager, Andhra Pradesh Vikalangual Cooperative Corporation /Welfare of handicapped,Z.P. Buildings, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 4. 2CD copies