I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

WRI T PETI TI ON No.14702 OF 2023

Between:

M. Srinivas Reddy and Others

… Petitioners

And

The State of Telangana & Others

… Respondents

JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON: 12.06.2025

THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers : Yes

may be allowed to see the Judgment?

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be : Yes

marked to Law Reporters/Journals?

3. Whether Their Lordships wish to : Yes.

see the fair copy of the Judgment?

__________________________

MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.14702 OF 2023 % 12.06.2025 Between:

# M. Srinivas Reddy and Others … Petitioners And $ The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the Petitioners : Sri B. Praveen , learned counsel representing Sri P.Ragavender Reddy ^ Counsel for Respondent No.1 : GP for MA&UD ^ Counsel for Respondent No.2 : GP for Finance and Planning ^ Counsel for Respondent Nos.3 & 4: Sri G. Narayana, learned standing counsel ? Cases Referred:

(i) (2020) 1 SCC (L&S)

(ii)1990(2) SCC Page 396 (iii)2025 INSC 144 (iv) 2024 LawSuit(SC) 1209 (v) (2017) 1 SCC 148 (vi) 2010(9) SCC 247 (vii)(2013) 14SCC 65 (viii) 2015 SCC Online SC 1797 (ix) (2015) 8 SCC 265 (x) (2014) 7 SCC 223 (xi) SLP No.32847 of 2024 (xii) AIR 2020 Supreme Court 3969 (xiii) (2006) 4 SCC 1 (xiv) 2011 (1) ALD, Page 234 (xv) 2018(2)ALD page 282 (xvi) 2020(4)ALD page 379 HON’BLE MRS JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.14702 OF 2023

ORDER:

Heard Sri B. Praveen, learned counsel representing Sri P. Raghavender Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for MA&UD appearing on behalf of the respondent No.1, learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning appearing on behalf of the respondent No.2 and Sri G. Narayana, learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.3 and 4.

2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“….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 regularizing petitioners services in terms of orders passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Uma Devi's case (2006 (4) SCC 1) from the date of date of completion of 10 years of service as followed by this Hon'ble Court in WP No.24377/2007 dt. 8.9.2010 (2011 (1) ALD 234) as confirmed in WA No.782/2010 dt. 10.6.2013 and also in WP No. 27217/2017 dt. 19.9.2017 (2018 (2) ALD 282) and in WP No.23057/2019 dt. 21.4.2020 (2020 (4) ALD 379) is illegal, arbitrary and violation of the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to regularize our services from the date of completion of 10 years as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Uma Devi's case as followed by this Hon'ble Court in WP No.27217/2017, dt. 19.9.2017 and in several cases as referred supra with all attendant benefits and pass…”

3. The case of the petitioners in brief as per the averments made in the affidavit filed by the petitioners in support of the present Writ Petition is as under:-

i) The petitioner Nos.2 and 8 were appointed on 9.8.1990, the petitioner No.3 was appointed on 24.4.1990, the petitioner No.4 was appointed on 27.8.1990 and the petitioner No.5 is appointed on 1.3.1990, the petitioner No.6 is appointed on 23.10.1991 and the petitioner No.7 was appointed on 29.1.1990 respectively as Sanitary Jawan, Attender and Non PH Workers on NMR basis, in the then Kapra Municipality, at present, the petitioners are working in Kapra Circle i.e., 4^th respondent circle of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, as such from the date of petitioners initial appointment petitioners had been continuously working without any blemish whatsoever from the higher authorities. It is further the case of the petitioner that after completion of 5 years of service, the petitioners were allowed to draw periodical increments from the date of granting time scale.

ii) I t is