ANIL R. DAVE, CJ :- Being aggrieved by the order dated 23.01.2008 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No.24641 of 2006, the appellants have filed this appeal. By virtue of the impugned order, the learned Single Judge has directed the appellants - original respondents to appoint the respondents – original petitioners as Conductors Grade-II, in pursuance of the proceedings dated

10.05.2002.

2. The facts giving rise to the present litigation, in a nutshell, are as under:

The present respondents are the dependants of the deceased employees of the appellant Corporation, who had died in harness. As per the Scheme known as "Bread Winner Scheme", which was in force in the past, the respondents were eligible to be appointed as Conductors by the appellant employer. Before the respondents could be appointed as Conductors under the aforestated Scheme, the

Government of Andhra Pradesh, which has administrative control over the appellant employer, had dispensed with/modified the Scheme because of certain changed circumstances and by virtue of the new Scheme, no dependant of a deceased employee is entitled to get any appointment in service on compassionate ground. By vi

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