Katta Venkateswarlu v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI WRIT PETITION NO.9592 OF 2019 ORDER:

This Writ Petition is being disposed of with the consent of both the parties at the stage of admission.

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief: "...to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not implementing G.O.Rt.No.121 Revenue (Endowment-1) Department, dated 09.03.2018, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, void and consequently, to direct the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners with reference to their length of service and seniority in the category of part-time employees in the light of the provisions contained in G.O.Rt.No.121 dated 09.03.2018 in the existing vacancies within the jurisdiction of the respondents in the fourth respondent Temple or in the vacancies that might arise in future and to continue the petitioners in service pending such regularization." Heard Sri Ch. Satish Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Endowments and Sri K.Jagan Mohan Reddy, Standing Counsel, appearing for the respondents.

It has been contended by the petitioners that they were appointed on contract basis during the years 1998 and 2003 by the fourth respondent Temple. Subsequently, their services were converted into part-time employees in the year 2007. From their initial appointments, the petitioners have been discharging their duties to the utmost satisfaction of their superiors. Even though the petitioners have rendered more than two decades of

services, the respondents are not considering their cases for regularisation of their services nor extending minimum scales of pay in terms of G.O.Rt.No.121 dated 09.03.2018 and G.O.Rt.No.577 dated 15.09.2017. The petitioners further submit that they have submitted representations dated 25.05.2016 but so far the respondents have not passed any orders on the representations nor they have regularised the services of the petitioners. Therefore, counsel for the petitioners submitted that appropriate orders be passed directing the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners for regularisation in terms of G.O.Rt.No.121 dated 09.03.2018 and G.O.Rt.No.577 dated 15.09.2017.

Learned Government Pleader as well as the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents have contended that the cases of the petitioners would be considered and appropriate orders would be passed on the representations submitted by the petitioners.

Having considered the rival submissions made by the learned counsel on either side, this Court is of the considered view that this Writ Petition can be disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representations submitted by the petitioners on 25.05.2016 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law and in terms of G.O.Rt.No.121 dated 09.03.2018 and G.O.Rt.No.577 dated 15.09.2017 within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.

_________________________________ (ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI, J) 30th April 2019 RRB