I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.20653 OF 2022 Between:

Marepalli Mozes … Petitioner 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?

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MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.20653 OF 2022 % 12.06.2025 Between:

# Marepalli Mozes … Petitioner And $ The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri P. R. Bharath Kumar ^ Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 6 : AGP for I rrigation ? 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.20653 OF 2022

ORDER:

Heard Sri P. R. Bharath Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for I rrigation appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioner approached this Court seeking prayer as under:

“….to issue writ or order more particularly one in nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS and direct the Respondents to absorb and regularise petitioner’s services as Office subordinate as per G.O.Ms.No.212 by fixing pay as per Revised pay scales 2015 including DA, Arrears of salary with consequential and attendant benefits, violative of Articles 14 and 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass…”

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

(i) The petitioner joined as part time sweeper on 24.03.1986 on consolidate pay of Rs.75-00. The petitioner and one B.Laxmi contingent employees were converted into full time contingent employees as per proceedings No.SE/CCH/ES/ES/1302, dated

23.07.2007, and proceedings No.EE/Divn.No.1/AB/ES/1EC4, dated 25.07.2007 respectively and have completed 36 years of service from date of petitioner’s initial appointment as on the date of the filing of the present writ petition.

(ii) I t is the specific case of the petitioner that in the proposal vide Lr.No.SE/ CCH/ ES/ E3/ WC/ NMRs/ 2131/ 2, dated 11.09.2012 forwarded by Respondent No.5 to Respondent No.2 for regularization of services of NMRs/ Daily Wages/ Part Time/ Full Time Contingent Employees, the petitioner’s name was shown at Sl.No.1 in the proforma list. The petitioner submitted representations to the Special Chief Secretary on 14.02.2017, 31.07.2017 and 07.10.2017 seeking regularization of petitioner’s services as Office Subordinate in existing vacancy with roster points RP.No.87-SC(W) in G.V. Circle No.I V, Karimnagar, as per G.O.Ms.No.212, dated 22.04.1994, by fixing pay as per Revised pay scales 2015 including DA, Arrears of salary with consequential and attendant benefits. However, the respondents had not considered the case of the petitioner, even though the petitioner completed more than 10 years of service as on date. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred this writ petition.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD:

(A) The proceedings Lr.No.SE/ CCH/ ES/ E3/ WC/ NMRs/ 2131/ 2, dated 11.09.2012 of the 5^th respondent addressed to respondent No.2 herein is extracted hereunder:

“OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, I & CADD, CONSTRUCTION CIRCLE, K.C.COLONY, HANAMKONDA”

Lr. No. SE/CCIVES/E3/WC/NMRs/2131/2, Dated: 11.09.2012.

Sub: Work Charged Estt-Act-2/1994 Regulation of Services of NMRs/Daily Wages/