A. LAKSHMANA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE question that arises for consideration in this appeal is whether the teachers who were employed in the schools run by Aided Managements as well as Local Bodies and retired from service prior to 1st April 1973 are entitled to the same pensionary benefits as are extended to those who retired from service on or after 1st April, 1973.

( 2 ) THIS appeal is preferred by the petitioners in Writ Petition no. 16686 of 1984 having been aggrieved by she dismissal of the writ petition. The first appellant herein is the Andhra Pradesh Non-Government retired Teachers Association and the other two appellants are the members of that association who had retired from service as Headmasters prior to 1st April 1973.

( 3 ) THE State Government made Andhra Pradesh Liberalised Pension rules, 1961 and they carne into force from 1st April 1961. They were made applicable to all the Government servants.

( 4 ) WITH a view to improve the conditions of service of teachers employed in the schools run by Aided Managements as well as Local Bodies, the State Government framed the Andhra Pradesh Teachers Contributory provident Fund-cum-Pension and Gratuity Rules, 1961 in G. O. Ms. No.

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