COMMON JUDGMENT

Dt.28.01.2022 (Per M.Satyanarayana Murthy, J)

Aggrieved by the order dated 28.04.2020 passed by the learned single Judge in W.P.No.7350 of 2019 the petitioner and respondent No.2 therein filed these two appeals under Clause 15 of Letters Patent as the learned single Judge allowed the writ petition in part. The writ petitioner preferred Writ Appeal No.281 of 2020 against the disallowed claim, respondent No.2 in the writ petition preferred Writ Appeal No.221 of 2020 against the relief granted in favour of the writ petitioner.

The parties to the appeals will hereinafter be referred as arrayed before the learned single Judge for the sake of convenience and to avoid confusion.

Marrapu Sankara Rao filed writ petition for issue of Writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings issued by respondent No.2 through its Company Secretary in Letter No.DCIL/MD/2019/638, dated 11.03.2019 and Office Order No.24/2019 in Ref.DCl/HR/41S00890/2019-59-B dated 23.04.2019 intimating to the petitioner that his services ceased to be continued as Director Operations and Technical with effect from 08.03.2019 (AN) as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under the Consti