WP/8602/2018 of P RAJABABU Vs STATE OF AP

1 APHC010198392018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 8602/2018 Between: P Rajababu and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. L V S NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. SC FOR ENDOWMENTS 2. T BALAJI (SC FOR ANNAVARAM DEVASTHANAM) The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 8602/2018 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “…to issue a Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not paying the Minimum regular time scale in the Last Grade service to the petitioners under the principles of Equal pay Equal work as per the judgment of the Honble Supreme Court reported in 2017 (1) SCC 148 in the State of Punjab and others., Verses Jagjit singh and others., as illegal, arbitrary and Unconstitutional and consequently direct the