APHC010585652025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] THURSDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 30631/2025 Between: Paidi Donkayya and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. M R TAGORE Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SERVICES I The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY Writ Petition No.30631 of 2025 O R D E R: The present Writ Petition is filed to declare the action of the Respondents in not regularizing the services of the Petitioners in the cadre of Dark Room Assistants, Lab Attendant, Pharmacist Grade-II, Lab Technician Grade-II, Radiographer, Physiotherapist and Junior Analyst as per the guidelines issued for regularizations of contractual services, vide G.O.Ms.No.114, Finance (HR-I Plg.and Policy) Department, dated 21-10-2023 as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The Petitioners were appointed as Dark Room Assistants, Lab Attendant, Pharmacist Grade-II, Lab Technician Grade-II, Radiographer, Physiotherapist and Junior Analyst on contract basis vide Proceedings dated 15.12.2008 issued by the Respondent Authorities pursuant to a Public Notification dated 31.12.2007. The Petitioners were selected and appointed through open process and had completed more than 20 years of service in the Respondent Department in the same cadre. While so, the Respondent No. 1 issued G.O.Ms. 3 No. 114 Finance (HR-I Plg & Policy) Department, dated 21.10.2023, based on the Andhra Pradesh Regularization of Services of Contract Employees Act, 2023 (for short, ‘Act, 2023’), proposing to regularize the services of the contract employees vis-à-vis the clear vacancies existing as of 02.06.2014, whereunder regularization of individuals appointed on a contract basis was to be considered provided that the final appointment was in due compliance with the procedure relating to (i) Notification of Vacancies, (ii) Selection Process, and (iii) Rule of Reservation and eligibility, age, and Educational Qualifications prescribed for the post. The Petitioners claim for regularization in terms of the above Act, 2023. 3. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners relies upon a Judgment of this Court in W.P. No. 8827 of 2024 and batch in support of his contentions, wherein similarly placed employees were directed to be considered for regularization. 4. Sri S. Raju, learned Assistant Government Pleader, submits that the cases of the Petitioners for regularization are under active consideration at Government level and therefore, 4 he contends that the present Writ Petition is premature. 5. Having heard the respective counsel and considering the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.8827 of 2024, the present Writ Petition is disposed of with the following direction: (i) The Respondent Authorities are directed to consider the case of the Petitioners for regularization in terms of the Act 30 of 2023 on par with other contract employees as expeditiously as possible. (ii) There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. __________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 06.11.2025 eha 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 30631/2025 Dt. 06.11.2025 eha