HON’BLE MRS JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

WRI T PETI TI ON No.12275 OF 2020

ORDER:

Heard Sri N. Janardhan Reddy, learned counsel

appearing on behalf of the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 3, Sri D.Rama Krishna, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.7 and the learned Government Pleader for Services-I I I appearing on behalf of the

respondent No.13.

2. The petitioners approached this Court seeking

the prayer as under:

“…to issue an order, direction, writ more

specifically, a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in not releasing pension and other pensionary benefits including Gratuity, EL arrears, PRC arrears, DA arrears, APGLI and increment as illegal, improper, unjust, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 & 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the

circumstances of the case.”

3. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is that the petitioners were denied all retirement benefits, including pension, gratuity, and arrears, by the Respondents. Despite being redeployed to the District Employment Office and working t