IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos. 25335, 25333, 25336, 25338 and 25339 of 1995 Writ Petition No.25335 of 1995 Between: M/s Ramakrishna Industries Rep by Partner Koteswara Rao, 8-1-16/1, Khanapuram Haveli Road, Khammam ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Electricity Board, Rep by Secretary Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Operation, APSE Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Hyderabad Zone, APSE Board, Mint Compound, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Warangal Zone, APSE Board, Hanmakonda. Warangal Dist. 5 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Nizamabad Zone, APSE Board, Nizamabad. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus commanding the respondents to adopt the same principle of escalation to all contractors attending to transformer repairs and pay escalation charges to the petitioner under his Contract (s) (as per Annexure appended to the affidavit) on the basis of percentage. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.VEERASWAMY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI WRIT PETITION No. 25333 of 1995 Between: M/s Vikram Electricals & Electronics Rep by Mr. Vijay Prakash Soma, 1-1-256/8, Chikkadapally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Electricity Board, Rep by Secretary Vidyut Soudha, somajiguda, Hyderabad,. 2 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Operation, APSE Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Hyderabad, APSE Board, Mint Compound, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Warangal APSE Board, Hanumakonda, Warangal 5 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Nizamabad Zone, APSE Board, Nizamabad, .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus commanding the respondents to adopt the same principle of escalation to all contractors attending to transformer repairs and pay escalation charges to the petitioner under his Contract (s) (as per Annexure appended to the affidavit) on the basis of percentage. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.VEERASWAMY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI WRIT PETITION No. 25336 of 1995 Between: M/s K.K. Rao Engineering Worker Rep by Manging director Mr. K. Koteswara Rao, 8-1-16/1, Khanapuram Haveli Road, Khammam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. Stat e Electricity Board, Rep by Secretary Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabasd. 2 the chief Engineer Electrical, Operation, A.P.S.E. Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The chief Engineer Electrical, Hyderabad Zone A.P.S.E. Board, Mint Compound, Hyderabad. 4 The chief Engineer Electrical, Warangal Zone A.P.S.E. Board, Hanumakonda, Warangal. 5 The chief Engineer Electrical, Nizamabad, Zone, A.P.S.E. Board, Nizamabad. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus commanding the respondents to adopt the same principle of escalation to all contractors attending to transformer repairs and pay escalation charges to the petitioner under his Contract (s) (as per Annexure appended to the affidavit) on the basis of percentage Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.VEERASWAMY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI WRIT PETITION No. 25338 of 1995 Between: M/s Sri Venkateswara Engineering Industries Rep by Mr. A. Durga Prasad, Shed No.3, LMR Shed , K.C. Camp(PO) Huzurabad, Karimnagar Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.State Electricity Board, Rep by Secretary Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Operation, APSE Board, Vidut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Hyderabad Zone, APSE Board, Mint Compound Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Warangal Zone, APSE Board, Hanumakonda Warangal. 5 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Nizamabad Zone, APSE Board, Nizamabad. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus commanding the respondents to adopt the same principle of escalation to all contractors attending to transformer repairs and pay escalation charges to the petitioner under his Contract (s) (as per Annexure appended to the affidavit) on the basis of percentage. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.VEERASWAMY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI WRIT PETITION No. 25339 of 1995 Between: M/s Shakit Engineering Industries Rep by Mr. G. Gopal Krishna Huntur Road, Hanamkonda, Warangal Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Electricity Board, Rep by Secretary Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineering Electrical, Opetation, APSE Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineering Electrical, Hyderabad Zone, A.P.S.E. Board, Mint Compound Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Warangal Zone, A.P.S.E. Board, Hanumakonda Warangal. 5 The Chief Engineer Electrical, Nizamabad Zone, A.P.S.E. Board, Nizamabad. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus, commanding the respondents to adopt the same principle of escalation to all contractors attending to transformer repairs and pay escalation charges to the petitioner under his Contract (s) (as per Annexure appended to the affidavit) on the basis of percentage and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.VEERASWAMY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI The Court made the following common order: COMMON ORDER: It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in view of the interim orders dated 10.11.1995 passed in W.P.No.25332 of 1995 and batch, no further orders are necessary in all these writ petitions. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petitions are, accordingly, closed. Dated: 17.02.2005 Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1 The Secretary,A.P. State Electricity Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Operation, APSE Board, Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Hyderabad Zone, APSE Board, Mint Compound, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Warangal Zone, APSE Board, Hanmakonda. Warangal Dist. 5 The Chief Engineer, Electrical, Nizamabad Zone, APSE Board, Nizamabad. 6. Two CD copies