IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17738 of 1999 Between: 1 S.Ravinder S/o.Lingaiah GVC, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 2 Md.Hussain Baig S/o.Khadar Baig GVC, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 3 M.Balaswamy S/o.Narasimha GVC, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 4 Late M.Basha Goud (since died) rep.by his wife Smt.M.Laxmi, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 5 Md.Jahangir Ali S/o.Md.Mahboob Ali GVC-IV, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 6 K.Pratap Reddy S/o.Raghava Reddy GVC-IV, LMD Colony Karimnagar Dist 7 Late M.Anandam (since died) Rep.by his wife Smt.M.Kanakamma LMD Colony Karimnagar ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 A.P.Administrative Tribunal Rep.by its Chairman Purana Haveli, Hyderabad 2 The Executive Engineer Div.No.I G.V.C.IV LMD Colony, Karimnagar 3 The Superintendent Engineer G.V.C.IV LMD Colony, Karimnagar 4 The Chief Engineer Sri Ramsagar Project, MU Road, 158 Shop, APHB, Hyderabad 5 The Engineer in Chief (Projects) Erramanzil, Hyderabad 6 The Government of A.P., rep.by its Prl.Secretary Irrigation & CAD Department, Secretariat, 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 to issue an order, writ particularly one in the nature of certiorari and quash the order Dt.28/01/1998 in OA.No.2805 to 2811/1991 and direct the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners from the date which they completed five years of service with all consequential benefits, including the monetary and service benefits and to pass such other order. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.G.RAVINDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17738 of 1999 Oral Order : ( Per Sri GM, J ) This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the order dated 28-1-1998 passed in O.A.Nos.2805 to 2811 of 1991 by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, at Hyderabad. Initially, the petitioners herein were engaged in the A.P. State Construction Corporation on NMR basis between 1981 to 1983 and when the Corporation got windup, they were deputed to work in the Irrigation Department in the year 1989 and that their conversion orders were issued vide G.O.Ms.No.56 dated 28.2.1989. The petitioners’ regular time scale of pay was effected from the month of August, 1989. However, the Government vide memo dated 7-8-1990 clarified that the arrears, insofar as petitioners are concerned, shall be paid only from the date of their actual regularization orders and not from the date of completion of 5 years of service. The petitioners, therefore, approached the Tribunal by way of O.A.Nos.2805 of 1991 to 2811 of 1991, challenging the said order dated 7-8-1990 passed by the 6th respondent-Government and consequently sought a direction that they are entitled and eligible for conversion as regular work charged employees from the date of their completion of five years of service as NMRs, with all consequential benefits. The Tribunal on consideration of the material on record dismissed the O.As., mainly on the ground that O.A.No.1064 of 1992 was filed by the NMRs of Irrigation Department itself, whereas the writ petitioners were appointed in the A.P. State Construction Corporation Ltd., and were subsequently deputed to work in Irrigation Department. Further, the Irrigation Department issued orders converting the services of the petitioners from MNR to work charged employees of the Irrigation Department during the month of August 1989 only. Till the petitioners were regularly converted as work charged employees of the Irrigation Department, they were continuing as employees of the Corporation and therefore the relief sought for by the petitioners was rejected. In the circumstances, we are of the view that the Tribunal has not committed any error calling for interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The Writ Petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________________ GM, J _____________________ CVR, J pnv/kk dt 11-6-2008