HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO AND HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT APPEAL No.1185 of 2002 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Mr.Justice Sanjay Kumar) The order dated 27/03/2002 in W.P.No.12961 of 1991 is under appeal. The Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, the second respondent in the writ petition is the appellant. By the said order, the learned Single Judge disposed of the writ petition directing the respondents in the writ petition to rectify the anomaly in the pay fixation of the writ petitioners in the pay-scale of 1974, 1978 and 1986 in the post of Record Assistant on par with the pay scales of Osmania University and pay the consequential benefits including arrears within a time frame. The writ petitioners, who are respondents 1 to 3 in this appeal, were appointed in the service of the Osmania University as attenders in the years 1957, 1958 and 1962 respectively. They were working in the Agricultural College affiliated to the Osmania University which was thereafter transferred to the newly constituted A.P. Agricultural University (presently named as Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University). Though they opted for remaining with the Osmania University, their services were continued under the Agricultural University and the same became final. Subsequently, the Agricultural University promoted the respondents 1 to 3 herein as Record Assistants on 16/11/1966, 08/11/1973 respectively. The cause for grievance of which gave raise to the writ petition was that respondents 1 to 3 upon being promoted as record assistants were paid lesser salary than those record assistants who were transferred from Osmania University. This dichotomy seems to have been continued for the pay scales 1974 and 1978 and was set right in 1986 pay scales whereby the pay scales of record assistants in both the institutions were made the same. As the anomaly in the pay scales of 1974 and 1978 remained, the respondents 1 to 3 approached this Court by way of the writ petition. The learned Judge by the order under appeal directed the respondents to rectify the said anomaly. The Agricultural University aggrieved by the said order filed the present appeal. Sri K.Suresh Reddy, learned Sanding Counsel for the Agricultural University, contended that the respondents 1 to 3 stood on a different footing as compared to those record assistants who are appointed by the Osmania University and were transferred in such capacity through its services. However, we are not prepared to accept this submission. It is not open to the Agricultural University to discriminate between the Record Assistants appointed or promoted by it as compared to the Record Assistants who came into its service upon transfer from the Osmania University. There is no rationale behind such segregation and discrimination. We, therefore, find no reason to interfere with the order under appeal. The Writ Appeal is accordingly dismissed granting four weeks time to the appellant-university and the other respondent in the writ petition to rectify the anomaly in the 1974 and 1978 pay scales, re-fix the pay scales of respondents 1 to 3 accordingly and pay the consequential benefits including arrears arising from such re-fixation within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J __________________ Date: 02-09-2009 SANJAY KUMAR, J SKM