APHC010309302018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION No. 14182/2018 Between: K. Lakshmi Narayana, and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND State of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. Khader Vali Shaik Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDARY (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant Writ Petition is filed by the Petitioners seeking indulgence of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief: “... to issue a writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not granting minimum time scale attached to the post of Hospital Attenders and by treating the petitioners as outsourcing employees is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to G.O.Ms.No.17 dated 17.02.2011 and violates Arts.14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and contrary to the Judgement of the Honorable Supreme Court of India and to issue a consequential direction to the respondents to grant minimum time scale attached to the post of Hospital Attenders to the petitioners to the date of the entitlement in terms of G.O.Ms.No.17 dated 17.02.2011 with arrears by treating the petitioners as appointed on daily wage basis forthwith.” 2 2. Heard Sri Shaik Khader Vali, learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Animal Husbandry appearing for respondents. Perused the material on record. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the Department in which the Petitioners are working would fall under the purview of Act No.30 of 2023 of Andhra Pradesh Regularisation of Services of Contract Employees Act, 2023 (for short „the Act‟). Learned counsel would submit that a direction may be given to the respondent authorities to examine the candidature of the Petitioners as per the Act and to pass appropriate orders according to the governing rules and law. 4. Learned Government Pleader would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions and the material on record, as rightly put by learned counsel for the Petitioners, since the Petitioners are working in the department which falls under Act No.30 of 2023 of the Act, it is apposite to direct the respondent No.2 to examine the case of the Petitioners under Act No.30 of 2023 of the Act and to take an appropriate decision regarding regularisation of the Petitioners according to the governing rules and law. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. DR.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Mjl/* 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Writ Petition No. 14182 of 2018 20.03.2025 Mjl /*