IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.21053 of 1999 Between: 1 R.S.Sastry, S/o. R.Krishnamurthy, Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Varla Devasthanam, Vijayawada. 2 Y. Srinivas Sarma, S/o, Sri Subbaiah, Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada 3 Ghadiyaram Srinivas, S/o. G. Durga Prasad Rao, Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada. 4 L. Namaiah, S/o. Narasimha Rao, Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada. 5 M.V. Subba Rao. S/o. Durga Prasad Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada. 6 M. Siva Prasad, S/o. Durga Prasad, Sri Durga Malleswaraswamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by Principal Secretary, Revenue and Endowments Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Endowments, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Officer, Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Devasthanam, Vijayawada, Krishna District. .....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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Government in not rationalising their pay scales as arbitrary, unfair, unreasonable and voilative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fir and proper in the circumstances of the case and pass consequential direction to the respondents to pay salaries and other emoluments to the petitioners on par with paricharikas working in T.T.D. and pass such other and further orders. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.B.VENUMADHAV Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.21053 OF 1999 O R D E R This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the inaction of the Government in not rationalising pay scales of the petitioners is arbitrary and illegal. The record reveals that by order dated 28.08.2000 a learned Judge of this Court disposed of this writ petition directing the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Commissioner of Endowments, Hyderabad, to finalise the proposals with regard to amendment of the Rules, so that the cases of the petitioners could also be considered in so far as the fixation of pay scales is concerned. In view of the final order passed in the writ petition, as long back as on 28.08.2000, it is clear that no further issue survives for adjudication at present. Therefore, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 24th APRIL, 2009 PGS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.21053 OF 1999 24th APRIL, 2009