ORDER :

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned standing counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioners approached this Court seeking relief as follows :

“to issue Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in not protecting pay scales of the petitioner which were drawing prior to regularization of their services as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to protect the pay scales of the petitioner which were drawn prior to regularization of their services as held by the Hon’ble AP Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.2855/2012 and Batch dated 15.06.2005 as confirmed by this Hon’ble Court in W.P.No.7537/2016, dated 10.03.2016.”

3. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is as follows :

(a) The petitioners were working as Kamatees on daily wage basis in the erstwhile Gaddiannaram Gram Panchayat since, 09.08.1986 and 01.06.1988. While they are working as such, the said Gram Panchayat has been upgraded into Municipality in the year 2000 as Gaddiannaram Municipality, and then their services along with other staff have taken over.