WP(AT)/1048/2021 of M NAGAIAH Vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010402532021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) 3459 THURSDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WRIT PETITION (AT) No.1048 OF 2021 Between: M. Nagaiah. --- Petitioner and The State of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District and 5 others. --- Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri N. Madhava Rao. Counsel for the respondents : G.P. for Services-IV & Smt. B.V. Aparna Lakshmi, Learned Standing Counsel for Respondent No.5. The Court made the following ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to declare the action of the respondents in not paying his pension from the month of May, 2016 onwards and in not revising his Pension as per Revised Pay Scales, 2015 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles, 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay 2 JS,J WP (AT) No.1048/2021 the arrears of his pension and monthly pension in terms of RPS, 2015 with interest at the rate of 18% p.a. During the course of hearing, Smt.