THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRIT PETITION No.17792 of 2024

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to declare the action of the 2nd respondent in not fixing his pay from the date of increment i.e., 01.09.1993 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 2^nd respondent to fix his pay from 01.09.1993 and also direct the Government of Telangana to pay Rs.42 lakhs for mental agony (for 21 years @ Rs.2 lakhs per year) and to grant costs of Rs.10,000/-.

2. Heard Sri G.Narsimhulu (party-in-person) and the learned Government Pleader for Services-I appearing for the respondents.

3. Brief facts of the case are as follows :-

(a) The petitioner was initially appointed as a Junior Lecturer on 13.09.1978 and was subsequently promoted to Lecturer on 06.08.1993, at Government Degree College, Medak. At the time of promotion, the petitioner exercised his option for pay fixation, indicating the date of his next increment as 01.09.1993. However, in the proceedings issued by the 2^nd respondent on 21.06.2001, the date of pay fixation was shown as 06.08.1993 (the date of promotion), and the next increment was recorded as 06.08.1994. The petitioner retired fr