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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WRIT PETITION NOs: 16008 and 16016 of 2009 Abdul Shukoor, W.G.District and another ...Petitioner Vs.

Eastern Power Distribution and Others ...Respondent(s)

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Advocate(s) for Petitioner(s): K UDAYA SRI, Y V ANIL KUMAR Advocate(s) for Respondent(s): V V SATISH (SC for APEPDCL), METTA CHENDRA SEKHAR RAO.

CORAM :SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN DATE : 05th March 2026

COMMON ORDER:

Both these writ petitions challenge respective enquiry reports followed by show-cause notice issued by the disciplinary authority proposing punishment of removal from service to be illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and consequently to set aside the same.

2. Since facts leading to filing of these two writ petitions are more or less similar and common submissions have been made, the same are disposed of by common order.

3. (a) Petitioners claim to be appointed as lower division clerks with respondent Corporation. Their appointments were made in pursuance to implementation of scheme under B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997. The said scheme envisaged that persons who have w