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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABADFOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
P.Naveen Rao
Boggadi Rama Chandra Reddy, s/o. B.Narayana Reddy – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department – Respondent
ORDER :
P.Naveen Rao, J.
In this batch of writ petitions, petitioners are challenging the termination /non renewal of their contract for a further period as Field Assistants under the National Rural Employment Generation Scheme on the ground that they have not achieved the performance targets fixed to them. Since the issue for consideration in all these writ petitions being same, all the writ petitions are being disposed of by common order.
2. Heard Sri C.V.Mohan Reddy, learned senior counsel, Sri L.J.Veera Reddy, Sri Vedula Srinivas, Sri V.Maheshwar Reddy, Sri Tadi Nageshwar Rao, Sri Mohana Rami Reddy, Sri Jagdishwar, Sri K.Srinivas, Sri Ch.Srinivas, Sri Gade Venkateswara Rao, Sri N.Ashwatha Narayana, Sri Koti Reddy Idamakanti, Sri P.Nagendra Reddy, Sri P.V.Krishnaiah, Sri V.Surendra Reddy, Sri N Chandrashekar Reddy, Sri V.Surendra Reddy, Sri T.V.S.Prabhakar Rao, Sri P.V.V.Satyanarayana, Sri Syed Azmatullah, Sri Suresh Kumar Reddy Kalava, Sri Rama Rao Mavidi, Sri G.L.Narasimha Rao, appearing for petitioners in respective writ petitions, Sri MSR Chandra Murthy, learned Special counsel representing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), learned Advocate Ge
The court ruled that non-renewal of contracts for Field Assistants is justified based on performance assessment, acknowledging the employer's right to assess suitability for renewal, but emphasized t....
Since the prayer to regularise the contractual service of the writ petitioners and to make them permanent on the establishment is rejected by learned Single Judge, limited benefit made available to t....
Contractual employees have no vested rights to employment continuity when the associated project is concluded, and termination is lawful if conducted per the contract terms.
The court upheld the contractual nature of the petitioners' services and found the appointment of the private agency to be in compliance with the NULM scheme.
Interim orders should not effectively grant final relief and must adhere to procedural guidelines for contract renewals, ensuring fairness in performance appraisals.
Point of Law : Re-engagement of the petitioners after the first contractual period was over will not amount to unfair practice.
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