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2025 Supreme(Online)(Tel) 75313

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA
K. Pitchaiah – Appellant
Versus
The State of Telangana and 4 Others – Respondent
WP 31372/2021



I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.31372 OF 2021 Between:

K.Pitchaiah … Petitioner And The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON: 16.07.2025 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.31372 OF 2021 % 16.07.2025 Between:

# K.Pitchaiah … Petitioner And $ The State of Telangana & Others … Respondents Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri Ch.Ganesh ^ Counsel for Respondent No.1 to 3: AGP for Services-II ^ 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 HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.31372 OF 2021

ORDER:

Heard Sri CH.Ganesh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-I I appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri Pradeep Reddy Katta, learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.4 & 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 inaction of the respondents in not regularizing the temporary appointment provided to the petitioner on compassionate grounds in the year 1993 as per GO.Ms.No. 60, dated 03/10/1977 and G.O.Ms. No. 661 dated 23/10/2008 to till date by paying starving wages of Rs.4000/ per month from 38 long years ignoring legitimate wages payable to the petitioner as per Section 13 and 15 of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and Section 4 of Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 R/W Article 14, 16, 21, 39(d), 43 and 300(A) of our Constitution as highly illegal, unjust, unfair and violation of the provisions of the said Acts and our Constitution and prays to direct the respondents herein to treat the petitioner as a regular one in the last grade post from the date of appointment by applying the principle laid by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in C. A. No. 6798 of 2019, dated 02/09/2019 in the case of Prem Singh Vs State of U. P (2019 (1) SCC 516) and with further direction to release all the consequential monetary benefits of the last grade post w.e.f. 05/11/1983 to till date from time to time with 100% compensation on arrears of pay as per the principle laid by the Honourable Supreme Court in C.A No. 3416-3445 of 2010 dated 19/02/2019 in the case of Union of India Vs Avatar Chand (2019 3 ALD SC

32) by awarding heavy cost and pass…”

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner placing reliance on the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the present writ petition pertaining in particular, to the services rendered by petitioner with the respondents herein for more than a decade contends that the petitioner is entitled for the relief as prayed for in the present writ petition.

PERUSED THE RECORD:-

DI SCUSSI ON AND CONCLUSI ON:-

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the subject issue in the present case is squarely covered by the order of this Court, dated 08.09.2010 passed in W.P.No.24377 of 2007 reported in 2011(1) ALD, Page 234 as confirmed in W.A.No.782 of 2010, dated 10.06.2013 and also order, dated 19.09.2017 passed in W.P.No.27217 of 2017 reported in 2018 (2) ALD Page 282 and also the or

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