IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.3553 of 2002 Between: 1 M.Ramesh Babu, S/o M.R.Subrahmaniyam, R/o D.No.6C-7-12, Southern Street, Eluru, 2 A.Balaji, S/o T.Anjinaicker, R/o 17-131, Ponniammdu Koil St, Chittoor, 3 R.K.Ethiraj, S/o R.Kannappa, R/o 12-2-4, Nimmandaker St, Chittoor. 4 M.S.Uma Shankar, S/o M.S.Shiva Shankar, R/o 7-1-401/A/1, Behind S.R.Nagar P.S, Hyderabad. 5 June Gallyot, W/o Joaquim Rodrigues, R/o 49-54-8/6, Ballayya Sastry Layout, Visakhapatnam. 6 G.Alexander Francis, S/o Late G.Francis, R/o 36/105, Flat No 276, Defence Colony, Sec'bad. 7 Smt K.Ananda Laxmi, W/o M.Vijaya Kumar, R/o F.No.G-4, Gangotri Apartments, St.No.6, Habshiguda, Hyderabad. 8 L.Harinath, S/o L.R.K.Murthy, R/o F.No.74/B1, Municipal Colony, Vijayawada-10. 9 M.Johson, S/o M.J.Devasahayam, R/o D.No.36-2-11, Opp A.A.Elec. School, Woodpet, Vijayawada. 10 M.S.L.N.Sarma, S/o Late M.S.Srinivasa Sarma, R/o H.No. 80 B, Mukkutimmanna St. Ashoknagar, Eluru 534002. 11 Y.Mruthyumjaya Raju, S/o Y.Bala Raju, R/o 2-1-994, Naimnagar, Hanmakonda, Warangal Dist. 12 N.Sudhakar Rao, S/o N.Janardhan Rao, R/o Peddapally Post, Karimnagar 505172. 13 S.Venkateshwar Rao, S/o Tirupathaiah, R/o Vellatur Post, Bhattiprolu Mandal, Guntur Dist. 14 Md.Sirajuddin, S/o Md.Shahbuddin, R/o Ahmednagar, First Lane Stadium Road, Guntur 522 001. 15 G.S.Vara Laxmi, D/o G.nooka Raju, R/o Yadava street, Near Krishna Temple, Old Guntur. 16 P.S.Suresh Kumar, S/o P.A.Sukumara Pillai, R/o H.No.9, SBI Colony, Narasaraopet Post, Guntur Dist. 17 Md.Maqbool Ahmed, S/o Md.Ameen, R/o Omespura, Near Vidya Talkies, Ellemmagutta, Nizamabad. 18 B.Srinivas Rao, S/o B.Bhaktavatsala Rao, R/o D.No. 4-126 C, Gautami Nagar, Bank Colony, Opp C.Lakshman Rao House, Satrampadu, Eluru. 19 B.Srinivasa Kumar, S/o B.Chinna, R/o APHB MIG 163, Baba Metta, Vizianagaram. 20 G.K.V.Subba Rao, S/o Sobhanadri, R/o Eastern Street, Near Venugopala Swamy Temple, Eluru. 21 P.V.S.V.Prasad, S/o Padma Raju, R/o Kuthoru, Samarlakota, East Godavari Dist. 22 Md.Ghouse, S/o Md Abdul Khader, R/o Srikakulam. 23 Smt T.V.L.Satyavani, W/o Manohar, R/o H.No 9-1-150/A, Bhagatnagar, Karimnagar. 24 K.Mohan Kumar, S/o K.Ramachandra Rao, R/o H.No 49-54-8/23, Swarna Sai Residency, Ballaiah Shastry Layout, Visakhapatnam. 25 Smt A.Swarnalatha, W/o A.V.Giri Raj, R/o H.No 16-10-27/154/1/2 RT, Old Malakpet, Hyderabad. 26 E.Venkateswara Rao, E.Madhava Rao, R/o H.No 49-26-30/1, Madhuranagar, Visakhapatnam. 27 B.Sudarsan Naidu, S/o B.P.Markonda Naidu, R/o C/o Dist. Sports Development Officer, Dist Sports Authority, Indoor Stadium, Chittoor. 28 S.Syed Saheb, S/o S.S.Saheb, R/o C/o Dist. Sports Development Officer, Dist Sports Authority, Indoor Stadium, Chittoor. 29 Ratan Kumar Bose, S/o Late K.C.Bose, R/o Frankel's Compound , Trimulgherry, Sec'bad-15. 30 Smt G.Srilakshmi Karuna, W/o N.Suresh, R/o H.No 16-237, Devaraya Reddy Street, Chittoor. 31 P.Muralidhar, S/o P.Jogeswara Rao, R/o C/o Jagadeeshwara Reddy, PET SV High School, Near Town Club, Tirupathi. 32 Md.Ghouse Pasha, S/o Md.Mahaboob Ali, R/o 19-10-108, Shambhunipet, Warangal 506005. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, Through its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, V Floor, Parishram Bhavan, Bashirbagh, Hyderabad. 2 State of Andhra Pradesh, through its Principal Secretary, Tourism, Culture & Sports Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 State of Andhra Pradesh through its Secretary, Finance & Planning, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The District Sports Authority, Vizianagaram, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Vizianagaram), Vizianagaram District. 5 The District Sports Authority, Chittoor, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Chittoor District), Chittoor District. 6 The District Sports Authority, Hyderabad, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Hyderabad District), Hyderabad District. 7 The District Sports Authority, Visakhapatnam, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Visakhapatnam District). 8 The District Sports Authority, Medak, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Medak District) 9 The District Sports Authority, Ranga Reddy District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Ranga Reddy District) 10 The District Sports Authority, Krishna District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Krishna District) 11 The District Sports Authority, West Godavari District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, West Godavari District) 12 The District Sports Authority, Warangal District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Warangal District) 13 The District Sports Authority, Karimnagar, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Karimnagar District) 14 The District Sports Authority, Guntur District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Guntur) 15 The District Sports Authority, Nizamabad District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Nizamabad ) 16 The District Sports Authority, East Godavari District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, East Godava District) 17 The District Sports Authority, Srikakulam District, through its Chairman (Dist. Collector, Srikakulam ) .....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or Direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not treating the appointments of the petitioners as regular appointments and in continuing them on consolidated pay as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction, by directing the respondents to treat the services of the petitioners as regular appointment from the date of their initial appointment and fix them in time scale of pay and extend all monetary benefits, seniority, arrears of salary and all other attendant benefits from the date of their initial appointment by further directing the respondents not to give any temporary breaks in their service and award costs. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.RAGHUVEER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: G.P. for Sports & Tourism The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.3553 OF 2002 ORDER: It appears, pursuant to a notification dated 11.08.1993 issued by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh inviting applications for appointment of Coaches in various sports and games, the petitioners have applied for the same. The petitioners were selected in the interviews conducted by a duly constituted selection committee and were appointed on a consolidated pay of Rs.2,400/- per month, in the year 1993. Their remuneration is being enhanced from time to time and now they are being paid Rs.10,000/- per month. Thus, the petitioners are continuing in their respective posts for the last 15 years. While so, now the grievance of the petitioners is that the services of similarly situated coaches, fifteen in number, who were appointed in the year 1989 on consolidated pay, have been regularized and they have been put on regular timescale, vide proceedings of the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Sports Authority of A.P. dated 27.03.1993; whereas their cases are not being considered for regularization. In fact, the Vice Chairman & Managing Director, by his letter dated 14.08.1999, also requested the Government to consider the case of the petitioners for regularization of their services, but there is no response from the Government till date. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 2nd respondent is directed to consider the case of the petitioners for regularization of their services in the light of the recommendations made by the Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, in his letter dated 14.08.1999, and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and communicate the same to the petitioners. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 11th March, 2008. IBL To 1. Two CCs to 2. Two CD Copies