APHC010331922004 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Bench Sr.No:-6 AT AMARAVATI [3506]

WRIT PETITION NO: 18433 of 2004 Dr. O.s. Ramachandraiah, Ananthapur ...Petitioner Vs.

The Registrar Jntu Kukatpalli Hyderabad and ...Respondent(s)

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Advocate for Petitioner: J SUDHEER Advocate(s) for Respondent(s): D KRISHNA SC FOR JNTU ANANTHAPURAMU, PENJURI VENUGOPAL (SC FOR JNTUA)

CORAM : S RI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN DATE : 5th March 2026 The Court made the following Order:

1. (a) Petitioner possessed a Master's Degree in Chemistry (M.Sc.) and later acquired a Ph.D. in the year 2003. He was initially appointed as Junior Research Assistant in Oil Technological Research Institute (for brevity, “OTRI”), which was under the control of Department of Industries, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Later he got promoted as Senior Scientific Assistant, OTRI.

(b) Eventually, OTRI came to be absorbed into Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (for brevity “JNTU”) in pursuance to G.O.Ms.No.199, Industries, Commerce and Power (IF.CELL) Department, dated 18.4.1985. Under the said transfer scheme, all the assets got transferred; besides, even the existing employees were also given option to eithe