1 APHC010322012018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 14781/2018 Between: A Jayaraju and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND Dravidian University and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. S V INDIRA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. KOTESWARA RAO MUTHINENI (STANDING COUNSEL FOR DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY) 2. GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer: “…..to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents, in taking steps to fill up the post of Academic Consultants/ Assistant Professors in replacing the petitioners by way of recruitments instead of absorbing / regularizing the services of the petitioners as Assistant Professors in the existing vacancies / respective departments, and not paying regular salary attached to the post of Assistant Professors as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and unconstitutional 2 violating Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and issue consequential directions, directing the respondents to forthwith continue the petitioners in service as Academic Consultants / Assistant Professors till absorbing / regularizing the services of the petitioners as Assistant Professors in the existing vacancies, in terms of similar directions rendered in Dated 28.02.2018 in IA No.1/2018 in WP No.5979/2018, and orders dated 09.04.2018 in IA No.1/2018 in WP No. 11662/2018 by this Honourable High Court, with all consequential benefits, and pass such other order or orders…...” 2. None represented for the petitioners. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents would submit that none of the petitioners have continued in the University. It is represented that they are only consultants. As and when there is work, the University is taking them as consultants to the extent of the said work. 4. As can be seen from the interim order passed by this Court dated 25.04.2018, it is represented that the University will be making appointments of consultants as and when the work load is there. Since examinations are over, there is no work load. This Court directed the University to consider the case of the petitioners as and when there is a work load along with others. 5. In that view, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 07.03.2025 ARR 3 206 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 14781/2018 Dt.07.03.2025 ARR