APHC010438062026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE 31st DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR WRIT APPEAL NO: 997 OF 2026 Writ Appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent a side order dated 16.02.2026 in IA 1/2026 in WP 4211/2026 in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati Between: 1. ANDHRA PRADESH FISHERIES UNIVERSITY, Rep by its Registrar/OSD, Administrative Office D. No. 7776, 2nd Floor AABT Global Towers, Tadigadapa, Kanuru, Krishna Dist. Andhra Pradesh 521 137 ...Petitioner AND 1. AVULA PRAVEEN, S/o Avula Gunasekhar, Aged 36 years, Occ Junior Assistant Cum Typist through APCOS 0/o College of Fishery Science Muthukur, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh 524344. 2. Pottepalem Balakrishna, S/o Pottepalem Srinivasulu Aged 31 years, Occ Junior Assistant Cum Typist through APCOS 0/o College of Fishery Science Muthukur, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh 524344. 3. Avadhanam Pavan Kumar, S/o Avadhanam Rama Prasad, Aged 48 years Occ Junior Assistant Cum Typist through APCOS 0/0 College of Fishery Science Muthukur, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh 524344. 2 4. Vatturi Parvathi, W/o Cheekatla Devanand , Aged 34 years Occ Junior Assistant Cum Typist through APCOS 0/o Instructional cum Research Aqua Farm Balabhadrapiiram, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh 533343. 5. College of Fishery Science, Rep by its Associate Dean, Muthukur, SPSR Nellore Dist, Andhra Pradesh 521 102. 6. Institutional cum Research Aqua Farm, Rep by its Head Balabhadrapuram, Kakinada Dist , Andhra Pradesh 533 343 7. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry Dairy Development and Fisheries Department A P Secretariat,Velagapudi, Amaravati, Guntur District 522 238. ...Respondents IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased condone the delay of (173 ) days in filing the above WA in IA 1/2026 in WP 4211/2026, dated 16.02.2026 passed by His Lordship in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravatiotherwise the petitioner will suffer irreparable loss and hardship Counsel for the Petitioner: SRINIVASU GUDI SC For A.P.Fisheries University Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES I Counsel for the Respondents:KAVITHA GOTTIPATI The Court made the following order: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR WRIT APPEAL NO: 997 OF 2026 JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ninala Jayasurya) The present writ appeal has been preferred against an interim order dated 16.02.2026 in W.P.No.4211 of 2026 passed by the learned Single Judge. 2. Learned Single Judge while granting time for filing counter affidavit, passed interim direction to extend minimum time scale to the petitioners, attached to their respective posts forthwith, pending further orders. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant inter alia submits that the respondents/writ petitioners are working on outsourcing basis, as such, they are not entitled for minimum time scale. He also submits that the petition to vacate the interim orders is being filed today. 4. Having heard the learned counsel for the appellant/University, we are not inclined to entertain the appeal, in as much as the matter may be decided by the learned Single Judge, more particularly, in view of the submission that petition to vacate the interim direction is being filed today. 5. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ appeal is disposed of, with liberty to learned counsel for the appellant/University to make a request before learned Single Judge for taking up the matter, by explaining urgency. 4 6. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. _____________________ NINALA JAYASURYA, J _______________ T.C.D.SEKHAR, J GVK 5 17 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR WRIT APPEAL NO: 997 OF 2026 Dt. 31.08.2026 GVK