IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4838 of 1999 Between: 1 Prof.N. Guruswamy Naidu Son of Sri N. Munaswamy Naidu R/o.III Cross, Vidyanagar, Tirupathi-7 Chittoor District. 2 Prof.V.V. Subramanyam Sastry Son of V. Ramamurthi 1, Nalandanagar Tirupathi-7 Chittoor District. 3 Prof.T. Janardhana Rao S/o.T. Subba Rao 61, B-13, Nalandanagar, Tirupathi.-7 4 Prof.C. Ramaiah S/o.C. Pitchaiah Nalandanagar Tirupathi. 5 Prof.M. Veeraiah S/o.C. Pitchaiah Nalandanagar Tirupathi. 6 Prof.C.V.R.K. Prasad S/o.c.V. Parthasarathy 1, Prakasam Nagar Tirupathi.-7. 7 Prof.P. Venkateswara Rao S/o.K. Sankarappa Naidu 16-13, Munireddynagar Tirupathi. 8 Prof.K.M. Naidu S/o.K. Sankarappa Naidu 16-13, Munireddynagar Tirupathi. 9 Prof.K. Ramanatham S/o.K. Abbanna No.5-5-325, Srikrishna Nilayam, Reservoir Road, Tirupathi. 10 Prof.L. Ramamurthy S/o.L. Ramaiah No.1-5-599/2(b), LIC Colony, Tirupathi. 11 Mr.M.R. Chandran S/o.M. Munaswamy S.D.Road Tirupathi. 12 Prof.G. Gurumurthy S/o.G. Gurappa S.D.Road Layout Tirupathi. 13 Prof.K. Ramalinga Reddy S/o.K. Linga Reddy 30, Prakasamnagar S.V. University Tirupathi. 14 Prof.G. Balasubramanyam S/o.G. Radhakrishnaiah Chetty 10-15-31, K.K. Layout Tirupathi. 15 Prof.T. Rangaswamy S/o.T. Kuppuswamy 117, T.P. Area Tirupathi. 16 Mr. V.B. Govinda Krishnan S/o.V. Bala Krishna Reddy Amaravathinagar Tirupathi. 17 Prof.N. Dharma Reddy S/o.N. Narayana Reddy 6-1-121, Varadarajanagar K.T. Road, Tirupathi. 18 Prof.P.V. Rama Murthy S/o.P. Bhaskara Raju 364, Venkataramana Layout Tirupathi. 19 Prof.K. Narayana Reddy S/o.P. Bhaskara Raju 7, Prakasamnagar Quarters Tirupathi. 20 Prof.C. Venkataramaiah S/o.Prakasa Naidu 24, Rajesh Apartments Girupuram Tirupathi. 21 Prof.P.M. Swamy S/o.P. Surya Reddy Block-67, Tarakarama Layout Opp:Pothanna Mallayya Palem, H.B. Colony, Madhuravada Post Visakhapatnam - 53004 22 Prof.V. Anjaneya Sarma S/o.V.L. Narasaiah 5-296, Bellipalleda Tirupathi-2. 23 Madhava Rao Kodali S/o.K. Satyanarayana Head Department of Electronics S.V. Engineering College A. Ranganpet Chandragiri Mandal - 517 502 24 Dr.D. Ramachandra Raju S/o.D. Appala Raju 208, A-Sector 3rd Main, 12th cross, Yelahanka New Town Bangalore - 560 064 Karnataka. 25 Prof.D. Peramma S/o.Late Dr.B. Satyanarayana mithim Apartments III Floor-A, Annamchari Road Jaya Sarikar Nagar, Near RDO Office, Tirupathi - 517 501 .....PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Sri Venkateswara University, rep.by its Registrar, Tirupathi. 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Secretary Education Department Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 direction, order or writ more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring clauses (C) and (d) of Sub.rule (3) of Rule 2 of Sri Venkateswara University Teachers' Pension Rules, 1994 as illegal, arbitrary and violating Articles 14, 19, 41 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the first respondent to compute pension taking the actual age of superannuation of 60 years as the basis for counting qualifying service and pay the same with retrospective effect for those who have already retired under the Pension Rules, 1994 and pass such other order or orders deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.ADINARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Sri V.Eswaraiah, J.) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of the orders issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.246, Higher Education (U.E.I) Department, dated 21.10.2008, amending G.O.Ms.No.277, Education (U.E.I) Department, dated 2.12.1993, granting pensionary benefits taking into consideration the age of 60 years instead of 58 years, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. However, it is open for any of the individual to question the said G.O., if they aggrieved of any of the conditions imposed therein. No order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J. 23.6.2009 kpr