THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.32776 OF 2022

ORDER :

Aggrieved by the action of respondent No.1 Bank in continuing petitioners 2 to 457 on daily wage basis in Group C posts in its offices, without regularizing their services in furtherance of the directions issued by this Court in W.A. No.2013 of 2017, dated 14.02.2022, and rejecting their claim vide reply dated 09.05.2022, the present Writ Petition is filed.

2) Heard Sri Vedula Srinivas, learned senior counsel, representing Smt.Vedula Chitralekha, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri Mujeeb Kumar Sadashivuni, learned Standing Counsel, appearing for the respondent-Bank.

3) Learned senior counsel has submitted that petitioner No.1 is the Registered Trade Union and remaining petitioners numbering 456 are its members and working as Messenger/sweeper/casual labour in Head Office, Regional Offices and 400 branches of respondent-Bank, on temporary basis. Respondent No.1 is the Regional Rural Bank incorporated under Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, and it was sponsored by State Bank of Hyderabad, which is now merged with State Bank of India. Further, the Government of India after consultation with NABARD and t