THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.16507 OF 1995 DATED: 29-08-2006 BETWEEN K. Raghurami Reddy, S/o. K. Narayana Reddy, Occ: Junior Assistant, A.P.S.R.T.C., A.O. Office, Kurnool, Kurnool District and others. …PETITIONERS AND The Executive Director, A.P.S.R.T.C, Cuddapah Zone, Cuddapah, Cuddapah District and others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to pay the three additional increments to the petitioners from the date of their appointment as Junior Assistants according to notification dated 12.06.1986. Sri A.K. Jayaprakash – Amicus Curie, at the request of this Court, submits that, in fact, the issued raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of Division Bench of this court in W.A.No.1138 of 1999 and batch dated 01.03.2006. It is stated that, in fact, the claim of similarly situated persons is pending in I.D.No.38 of 2002 before the Industrial Tribunal, Hyderabad – I. Following the aforesaid judgment the petitioners are permitted to approach the Industrial Tribunal and get themselves impleaded in I.D.No.38 of 2002 within eight weeks from today, as the claim of similarly situated persons is pending in the said ID. The claim of the petitioners has to be necessarily considered comprehensively and disposed of on merits in accordance with law after giving sufficient opportunity to all the concerned. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment of this Court. No costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J August 29, 2006 DSK