APHC010638272025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3208] THURSDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 32995/2025 Between: M Hari Krishna and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KAVITHA GOTTIPATI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. V V SATISH (SC for APEPDCL) 2. GP FOR SERVICES I 3. GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following ORDER: 1. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the case of petitioners for payment of minimum of pay scale attached to the post of Junior Lineman on par with regular employees in the category of Junior Lineman is ileegal, arbitrary, unjust, violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and contrary to the judgement reported in State of Punjab and others Vs. Jagjit Singh and others (2017 (1) see 148) and consequently direct the resondents to pay the Minimum time scale to the petitioners as Junior Lineman on par with regular employees of Junior Lineman with effect from their date of appointment and pass…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. 3. In view of the order passed by this Court on 26.11.2025, the respondent authorities are paying the minimum pay scale/wages attached to the posts in which the petitioners are respectively working. Therefore, the interim order has been duly implemented and effected. Hence, no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE D RAMESH 05.03.2026 klk 243 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO:32995/2025 05.03.2026 klk