APHC010263912006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WRIT PETITION NO: 15482 of 2006 Bench Sr.No:- 19 [3506] K. Simon ...Petitioner Vs. The Presiding Officer Central Govt Industrial Tribunal 4 and Others ...Respondent(s) ********** Advocate for Petitioner: O MANOHER REDDY Advocate(s) for Respondent(s): DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, Y PADMAVATHI CORAM : SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN DATE : 18th February 2026 The Court made the following order: The present writ petition is filed seeking the following relief: “…to issue a Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari and call for the records pertaining to the Award passed in L.C.I.D.No.82 of 2003, dated 17.05.2005 on the file of The Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hyderabad, and set aside/quash the same as illegal, arbitrary, bad in law and excess utilization of its power and consequently direct the respondents to engage petitioner 2 and regularize in service in the due course and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” [[ 2. Heard Sri Noor Mohammed, learned counsel representing Sri O. Manohar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Ms. Y. Padmavathi, learned counsel for the respondents. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as against the common award dated 17.05.2005 passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hyderabad, batch of cases were preferred and eventually, in W.A.No.1268 of 2014 & batch, by judgment and order dated 20.03.2019, common awards came to be set aside and all matters have been remitted to the Tribunal with a direction to dispose of them within an outer limit of five (05) months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. Following the said judgment, even Co-ordinate Bench of this Court has passed similar order in W.P.No.16463 of 2006 vide order dated 12.10.2022. Therefore, he urged to dispose of the present writ petition in terms of the direction issued in the writ appeal mentioned supra. 3 4. Accordingly, the award dated 17.05.2005 passed in L.C.I.D.No.82 of 2003, is hereby set aside and the matter is remitted to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Hyderabad, with a direction to dispose of them within an outer limit of five (05) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________ JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN Date: 18.02.2026 ANS 4 164 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN WRIT PETITION NO: 15482 of 2006 Date: 18.02.2026 ANS