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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari, Sri Justice Challa Gunaranjan, JJ
B.Yerraji – Appellant
Versus
State Of A.P. – Respondent
ORDER :
Ravi Nath Tilhari, J.
Heard Sri P.Raghavender Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners through virtual mode and Sri S.Lakshminarayana Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (hereinafter referred as ‘GVMC’), appearing for the 2nd respondent.
2. This Writ Petition has been filed by the Writ Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for direction to the respondent authorities for implementation of the order dated 20.07.2012 passed in O.A.No.5971 of 2012 by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (in short ‘Tribunal’) Hyderabad.
3. The Writ Petitioners were working as minimum time scale workers in the GVMC. They filed O.A.No.5971 of 2012 seeking release of periodical increments on revised pay scales of 2010, in view of the earlier orders passed by the Tribunal, in different O.As., and particularly in O.A.No.7915 of 2022, decided on 26.08.2002.
4. The Tribunal, passed order dated 20.07.2012 in O.A.No.5971 of 2012, which reads as under :-
“13. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants and after going through the material available on record, I am satisfied that the issue involved in
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