IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 6341 of 2008 Between: 1 The Superintendent Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project Circle, Nandyal, Kurnool District. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Irrigation Department, Secretarait, Hyderabad. 3 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The District Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District. .....PETITIONERS AND N. Ramudu, HR, NMR, Worker, O/o. Executive Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project, Nandyal, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT 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 Certiorari" calling for the records relating to the orders of the Hon'ble A.P. Admn. Tribunal, Hyderabad passed in OA No. 4194/2005 dated 20-9-2007 as being erroneous, illegal and unreasonable and quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioners:GP FOR SERVICES II Counsel for the Respondent: None appeared. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Smt. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR W.P. No. 6341 of 2008 O R D E R: (Per THE HON’BLE Smt. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 20.9.2007 passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in O.A. No. 4194 of 2005. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Services-II and perused the material available on record. By the impugned order, the Tribunal allowed the O.A. filed by the respondent herein seeking to direct the petitioners herein to regularize his services under G.O.Ms.No. 212 Finance and Planning Department dated 22.4.1994. The main ground of attack against the said order passed by the Tribunal is that the respondent is not NMR worker and he is only paid on hourly basis and therefore he is not entitled for regularization under G.O.Ms.No.212 dated 22.4.1994. The said contention cannot be accepted in view of the law laid down by this Court in Ch. Srinivasa Rao v. Government of A.P. I&CAD Department and others[1], wherein it is categorically held that the wages are paid to NMR worker and hand receipt worker by the Department only, that both attend to same work and they cannot be distinguished for the purpose of applicability of G.O. It was further held that even hand receipt worker is entitled for regularization under the G.O. treating him as NMR employee. In such view of the matter and having regard to the fact that the Executive Engineer had also sent proposals for regularization of services of the respondent, we do not find any force in the contention of the learned Government Pleader that the respondent is not entitled for regularization of services under G.O.Ms.No.212 dated 22.4.1994. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we do not find any error or legal infirmity in the order passed by the Tribunal warranting interference of this Court. The writ petition has no merit. It is accordingly dismissed. T. MEENA KUMARI, J. S. ASHOK KUMAR, J. Date: 26-03-2008. MVB. [1] 1999 (5) ALT 353