V.Srinivasa Rao vs. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Disposed
Before:
Hon'ble T. Rajani
Listed On:
26 Aug 2019
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SMT. JUSTICE T.RAJANI
WRIT PETITION No. 10761 OF 2019
ORDER:
This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents in releasing two special grade increments to the petitioner on his completing 12 and 20 years of service as illegal and arbitrary.
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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for respondent Nos. 1 to 3.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter in this writ petition is squarely covered by order dated 27-01-2012 in K.S.Raju Vs. APSRTC, Guntur Region, represented by its Regional Manager, and another<sup>1</sup> , wherein it is held that total length of service in all the regions in a particular cadre should be taken into account for granting special grade increment but not in a division or region.
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Hence, following the said order and in terms thereof, there shall be a direction to the respondents in this case also to consider the case of the petitioner for grant of special grade increments on his completion of 12 and 20 years of service by considering the total length of service rendered by him in a particular cadre and pass
<sup>1</sup> WP 483 OF 2012
appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
- The writ petition is accordingly allowed. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed in consequence.
Date: 26-08-2019. JSK
___________ T.RAJANI, J.
SMT. JUSTICE T.RAJANI
WRIT PETITION No. 10761 OF 2019
DATE: 26TH AUGUST, 2019
JSK