THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.5234 of 1997 Dated 02-02-2007 Between: K.Gopal Rao & others. ..... PETITIONERS AND State of A.P., rep. By its Secretary to Govt, Education Dept. Secretariat, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.5234 of 1997 O R D E R: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners and absorb them as lecturers and junior lecturers and accord all consequential beneﬁts and other attendant benefits in terms of various G.O’s issued from time to time. Reference is made to G.O.Ms.No.221, dated 20-06-1995, G.O.Ms.No.302, dated 05-09-1992, G.O.Ms.No.362, dated 07-10-1994 and a memo of the Government dated 06-01-1995. Learned Government Pleader for Higher Education would submit that the petitioners have not been working in the colleges concerned even on the date of ﬁling of the writ petition. She would submit that the G.O’s relied upon would not apply inasmuch as it is made applicable to such of those who fulfill the conditions stipulated in the said G.O. Recording the submission of the learned Government Pleader that the petitioners were not workings as Lecturers and junior lecturers on the date of ﬁling of the writ petition and inasmuch as regularizing the services of the employees who have not been in service for past more than a decade does not arise, the Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. However, in the circumstances without costs. ___________ 02-02-2007 usd