IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6922 of 2009 Between: Sri A. Srinivas Reddy, S/o. Late Sri A. Pratap Reddy, R/o. Gundlagudem, Aler Mandal, Bhongir, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State Bank of Hyderabad, Gunfoundry, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Deputy General Manager. 2 State Bank of Hyderabad, Rep.b yits Assistant General Manager, Region-III, Nalgonda. 3 The Branch Manager, State Bank of Hyderabad, Branch: Bhongir, Nalgonda District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VINOD RAO A The Court made the following : ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal. Though notices are served on respondent Nos.2 and 3 and proof of service is filed, no one appeared on their behalf. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that the respondents have not been paying ex gratia amount to the family of the petitioner, whose father died in harness on 10.08.2006. The petitioner has placed reliance on scheme, dated 30.12.2005 framed by respondent No.1 for payment of ex gratia lumpsum amount, in which, it is inter alia provided as under: “Ex-gratia on compassionate grounds in lieu of compassionate appointment may be granted to the family of the employee and subject to the ceilings specified below, if the monthly income of the family from all sources calculated in the manner shown below in paragraph 8(B) is less than 60% of the last drawn gross salary (net of taxes) of the employee. The family shall be deemed to be eligible for ex-gratia payment if the income so arrived at is below 60% of the gross salary (net of taxes) last drawn, and ineligible if it is 60% or more of the gross salary (net of taxes). Ex-gratia will be paid to the family of the deceased employee or the employee who has retired due to incapacitation if eligible under the Scheme within three months of the receipt of application, complete in all respects.” If the petitioner satisfies the conditions stipulated in the above- mentioned scheme, he is entitled to payment of ex gratia. The respondents are, therefore, directed to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s representation in the light of the above-mentioned scheme, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate their decision to the petitioner. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.9051 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 24th APRIL, 2009. kvni