IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 4077 OF 2012 Between: Dr.T. Anuradha, W/o. Sri T.Nanda Kumar, Aged about 45 years, Occ: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Dravidian University Srinivasavanam, Kuppam, Chittoor District. ...PETITIONER AND Dravidian University, Rep. by its Registrar, Srinivasavanam, Kuppam Chittoor District. ...RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or Direction, in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the more particularly action of the one respondent University in not granting pay scale to the petitioner as per UGC RPS, 2006, the similarly situated persons namely Smt. K. Ammulu S. Aquter Babu, Associate Professors, who and Sri were appointed subsequently, they are juniors to the petitioner are getting higher scale i.e., Rs. 37400 - 67000 - 9000 with AGP (UGC RPS, 2006) which is illegal, arbitrary, unjust, contrary to the UGC guidelines and also in violation of Article 14 and 16 of Constitution of India in spite of his representations dated 01-01-2011, 01-04-2011, 10-10-2011, 25-11-2011, 15-12-2011 and 07-01-2012 and consequently direct the respondent University to pay scale of Rs.37400 - 67000 + 9000 with AGP (UGC RPS, 2006) (G.O.Ms.No. paying similarly situated persons by the respondent University namely Smt. K. Ammulu and Sri S.Aquter Babu, Associate Professors Computer Science, who petitioner will suffer serious loss and great hardship -^LA. NO: 1 OF 2012fWPMP. NO: 5130 OF 14) as has been / * Department of f juniors to the petitioner or otherwise the are ; ^ Petition under Section 151 CPC is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim directions directing the Respondent University to consider petitioner representations dated 01-01-2011, 01-04- and 07-01-2012, forthwith by paying to the similarly situated persons working in the respondent University, pending disposal of the Writ Petition. 2011, 10-10-2011, 25-11-2011, 15-12-2011 granting pay scale as has been Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI CHALLA SIVASANKAR KOTESWARA RAO MUTHtNENI (STANDING COUNSEL FOR DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY) The Court made the following: ORDER APHC010756442012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No:4077 OF 2012 Between: Dr.T.Anuradha ...Petitioner AND Dravidian University, Srinivasavanam, Kuppam, Chittoor District, rep. by its Registrar ...Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Challa Sivasankar Counsel for the Respondent: Sri M.Koteswara Rao The Court made the following order: 1. The petitioner is working as an Associate Professor in the respondent university. He filed the present writ petition seeking a direction to the respondent university to extend the U.G.C. R.P.S. 2016 scales. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that though the petitioner is eligible for, the I -2- W.P. No.4077 of 2012 respondent university is extending U.G.C. R.P.S. scales 2006 to the other Associate Professors working in the Department of Computer Science, who are juniors to the petitioner. The petitioner made several representations in the year 2011 for extending U.G.C. R.P.S. scales 2006. 3. This Court, vide an interim order dated 16.02.2012, directed the respondents to consider all representations submitted by the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the said order. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the respondent university has not disposed off the representations of the petitioner till date. 5. Though this court granted adequate time, no counter is placed on record. The learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent university requests further time to file counter, after the matter is taken up for final hearing after almost 12 years of filing of the writ petition. The request of the learned standing -3- W.P. No.4077 of 2012 counsel for filing a counter in a matter of the year 2012 is rejected 6. This writ petition was filed in 2012, and this Court passed an interim order on 16.02.2012. The lethargy exhibited by the respondent university in disposing off the representation or extension of the U.G.C. R.P.S. scales 2006 for the teaching staff cannot be considered as over sight or inadvertence. 7. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is working as an Associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, no reasons could be seen as to why the petitioner should not be extended U.G.C. scale on par with others who are juniors to the petitioner. Granting the U.G.C. scale to the teaching staff cannot be considered as an exceptional or extraordinary grant to the teaching staff. It is the right of the teaching staff to claim U.G.C. scales when they are entitled. On the facts in the present case, the denial of the respondent university for the grant of U.G.C. -4- W.P. No.4077 of 2012 scales as applicable to the petitioner has to be found fault with. 8. The respondents are hereby directed to extend the U.G.C. scales as applicable as on date to the petitioner on par with the other Associate Professors named in the writ petition, viz., Smt. K.Ammulu and Sri Aquter Babu, or any other Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. 9. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed off. The respondents shall pass necessary orders extending U.G.C. scales to the petitioner within 6 weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Pending miscellaneous 10. No order as to costs. petitions, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- B.CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// To, SECTION OFFICER University, Srinivasavanam 2. One CC to Sri Challa Sivasankar Advocate [OPUC] Sr^id^'^n uL®e^LifySSte'[S°PUC]"^'""" f- 4. Three CD Copies Kuppam, Chittoor TF HIGH COURT DATED:07/01/2025 ORDER WP.No.4077 of 2012 g I 0 MAR 2025 ^ Currant Section . DISPOSING OF THE W.P., WITHOUT COSTS