1 APHC010198392018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY ,THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 8602/2018 Between: P Rajababu and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. L V S NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. SC FOR ENDOWMENTS 2. T BALAJI (SC FOR ANNAVARAM DEVASTHANAM) The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 8602/2018 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “…to issue a Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not paying the Minimum regular time scale in the Last Grade service to the petitioners under the principles of Equal pay Equal work as per the judgment of the Honble Supreme Court reported in 2017 (1) SCC 148 in the State of Punjab and others., Verses Jagjit singh and others., as illegal, arbitrary and Unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to pay the Minimum regular time scale in the Last Grade service to the petitioners under the principles of Equal pay Equal work as per the Judgment of the Honble Supreme Court reported in 2017 (1) SCC 148 in the State of Punjab and others., Verses Jagjit singh and others., with all incidental and consequential benefits duly taking into consideration the length of service put by the petitioners and to pass…” 2. Heard Sri L.V.S. Nagaraju, learned Counsel for the Petitioners and Sri Koteswara Rao Kappera, learned Standing Counsel for Endowments for the respondents. 3. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners would submit that in obedience to the interim orders passed by this Court vide orders dated 15.03.2018 in I.A.No.01 of 2018, the petitioners are receiving the Minimum regular time scale. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners would further submit that recording the same, the petition may be disposed of. 4. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-Temple would submit that recording the same, the petition may be disposed of. 3 5. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________________ Dr. VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 01.04.2025 UPS 4 02 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.8602 of 2018 Dated.01.04.2025 UPS