IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO Dated this the 20^th day of April, 2026 WRIT PETITION No.29564 of 2011 Between:

K. Pandaiah .. Petitioner AND The Central Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., represented by its Chairman & Managing Director, Mint Compound, Hyderabad and two others .. Respondents

ORDER:

The present Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner to declare the action of the respondents in treating the period of suspension, i.e., 25.10.1999 to 03.05.2007, as leave on loss of pay, as illegal and to set aside memo No.DEE/lines/North/Sec'bad/O&M/D.No.655, dated 22.08.2009, issued by the 3^rd respondent and consequential Memo No. SE/OP/N/Hyd/ADM/A2/D.No. 134/2010, dt.27.09.2010 issued by the 2^nd respondent and consequently, direct the respondents to treat the period of suspension, i.e., 25-10-1999 to 03-05-2007 as on duty, by regularizing and releasing full wages for the same period, after adjusting the subsistence allowance already paid to the petitioner.

2. Heard Sri Shashank Garige, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N. Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for TRANSCO, appearing for the respon