IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 22718 of 2007 Between: 1 Chief Personnel Officer, South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. 2 Divisional Railway Manager, South Central Railway, Vijayawada Division, Vijayawada. 3 Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, South Central Railway, Vijayawada Division, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 A. Ramesh, S/o. Gangaiah, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 2 T. Prabhu Das, S/o. G.V. Samuel John, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 3 Kottavari Venkateswara Rao, S/o. K. Ramachandra Rao, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 4 M. Ramulu, S/o. M. Lakshmaiah, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 5 B. Swamy Prasad Varma, S/o. Lakshmaiah, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 6 J.V. Madhusudhan Rao, S/o. Surya Rao, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 7 T.V.M. Varaprasad, S/o. Aadinarayana, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 8 Syed Zakeer Hussain, S/o. Syed Ibrahim, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 9 Yaragarla Vasu, S/o. Sudarshana Rao, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 10 P. Ravindranath, S/o. Jayaprakasah Rao, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 11 G. Kutumba Rao, S/o.Hanumantha Rao, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 12 A. Vijayagandhi, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 13 M. Dasu Babu, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 14 T. Tilak, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 15 G. Yohan, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 16 G. Srinivasulu, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 17 R. Srinivasa Naik, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 18 G. Ramesh Babu, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 19 B. Penchalaiah, O/o. Senior Section Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. .....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 a Writ, Order or direction more particualrly one in the nature of Certioari by calling for the order dt. 18-7-2007 in O.A.No. 668 of 2005 on the file of Hon'ble Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench and declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and unconstitutional and pass such other or further orders as may be deemed ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.S.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.S.MURTHY The Court made the following : O R D E R:- (per GM,J) The issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment dated 29.7.2008 rendered by the Apex Court in Civil Appeal Nos.6919 and 6934 to 6946 of 2005. In view of the ﬁndings recorded by the Supreme Court in the said judgment, this Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 18.7.2007 made in O.A.No.668 of 2005 is set aside. No costs. ________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J 25th August, 2008 ______________________ C.V. RAMULU, J. bcj