I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.38875 OF 2022 Between:

Jakki Yadaiah … Petitioner And The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON: 05.08.2025 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.38875 OF 2022 % 05.08.2025 Between:

# Jakki Yadaiah … Petitioner And $ The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri Ch.Ganesh ^ Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: AGP for Services-I ^ Counsel for Respondent Nos.4 & 5: Sri Pradeep Reddy Katta, learned standing counsel ? Cases Referred:

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

(ii) 1990(2) SCC Page 396 (iii) 2025 I NSC 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) AI R 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 THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.38875 OF 2022

ORDER:

Heard Sri Ch.Ganesh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-I appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri Pradeep Reddy Katta, learned Standing Counsel for ZPP and MPP appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.4 and 5.

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

“…to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the Respondents in not treating the services of petitioner as regular one in last grade post from date of appointment of petitioner by denying to pay legitimate living wages for actually working as full time sweeper for all purposes on par with regularly engaged last grade employees in respondent department as per High power committee report of 1" respondent dt.07.10.1996 in violation of Article 14, 16, 21, 39 (d), 43 & 300 (A) of our Constitution by not implementing Section 13 & 15 of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and provisions of Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 inspite of abolition of the bonded labour as per Act 1976 in treating the petitioner as slave or bonded labour by paying pittance wage of Rs.4,000/- even after continuously working on full time from nearly four decades as unjust, unfair, illegal and unconstitutional and prays to call for the official records relating to service conditions, seniority and sanctioned posts of contingent sweepers last grade posts in ZPP/MPP schools in our state along with implementation of High Power Committee report in D.O.Lr.No.41513/Estt.V/A2-1, dt.07.10.1996 το direct the respondents herein to treat the services of the petitioner as regular one in last grade post from the date of initial appointment of petitioner by applying the principle laid by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Prem Singh Vs State of U.P. (2019 (1) SCC 516), followed in WP No. 33936 of 2011 and Batch Cases dated 02-05-2018 (2020 (4) ALD 379 TS (DB) and in W.A.No. 483 of 2021 dated 05-08-2021, based on principle laid by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in C.A. No. 1254 of 2018 Apex Court, dated 23-03-2018 in the case of Netram Sahu Vs. State of Chattisgarh & Anr. in Civil Appeal No. 1254 of 2018, dated 23-03-2018 to reckon contingent services of petitioner for computation of qualifying service to grant of pension, gratuity and other retirement benefits on his retirement by releasing all consequential monetary benefits in the last grade post on par with regularly engaged last grade employees of the respondent departments, along with periodical increments, as revised from t