Judgment

VENKATACHALA, J.- This appeal is directed against the order dated June 11, 1979 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, by which Representation Petition No. 507 of 1977 in which retrospective regularisation of the services of promotee Health Inspectors in the cadre of Health Inspectors in Andhra Pradesh Public Health Subordinate Service had been questioned by direct recruit Health Inspectors in that very cadre, is dismissed.

2. The factual context which furnishes the background in which this appeal needs consideration and decision, warrants mention at the outset.

3. During the years 1958 to 1962 Respondent 2, the Director of Medical & Health Services, Andhra Pradesh appointed the appellants and a few others in the Andhra Pradesh Public Health Subordinate Service (APPHSS) on a temporary basis since all of them had successfully completed Sanitary Inspectors Course in Osmania Medical College. Similarly, during the years 1961 to 1969 Respondent 2 appointed Respondents 4 to 121 who were Health Assistants, Health Sub-Inspectors, Vaccinators etc. in the feeder cadre, as Health Inspectors in the cadre of APPHSS by promoting them temporarily, even though they were not qualified