AMARAVATI, India, March 8 -- Andhra Pradesh High Court issued the following order on Feb. 5:

1. A learned Judge of this Court by an order dated 12.02.2020 disposed of the Writ Petition No.20129 of 2016 with a direction to the respondents therein to reckon services of the writ petitioners five years after their joining into service and award all consequential benefits, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

2. Seeking review of the said orders, the University filed the Review I.A.No.1 of 2021. Aggrieved by the non-implementation of the orders passed by the learned Judge, the writ petitioners filed C.C.No.208 of 2021.

3. Alleging non-implementation of the orders passed by the learned Judge, the writ petitioners filed C.C.No.208 of 2021.

4. In the writ petition, the following relief is sought for. "...to declare that the petitioners are entitled to count their entire pre-regularization service for the purpose of retirement and pensionary benefits under A.P.Revised Pension Rules, 1980 and these rules apply to the petitioners and they are entitled to the retirement benefits under these rules, ignoring the stipulation in the regularization proceedings contrary to the entitlement of the petitioners for retirement benefits under these rules and consequently direct the respondents to count pre-regularization service of the petitioners for the purpose of retirement and pensionary benefits under the A.P.Revised Pension Rules, 1980 in view of Full Bench of decision in W.P.No.25260 of 2002 dated 18.09.2015......"

5. The learned Judge vide orders dated 12.02.2020, disposed of the writ petition and the relevant portion of the order is re-produced for reference Nos.3 and 4.

"3. The counsel for the petitioners submits that this Court by virtue of the order dated 29.01.2020 in Writ Petition No.14944 of 2019, in similar circumstances, directed the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners by reckoning their respective service of five years from the date of joining as mentioned in the annexure of G.O.Ms.No.31, Finance (HR.III) Department, dated 28.02.2017. The counsel for the petitioners also submits that the services of the petitioners were regularized on 24.01.2009 and their pre-regularization services are not being counted for the purpose of retirement and consequential benefits.

4. Hence, in this case also, there shall be a direction to the respondents to reckon the services of the petitioners five years after their joining into service and award all consequential benefits, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order."

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=QnBUxJ6a3gIx%2B5SFrUiAoFCI9RbN92ttizv30r0%2Bv51pVPHxEOS0ayZjUcVUGKZP&caseno=CC/208/2021&cCode=1&cino=APHC010054622021&state_code=2&appFlag=)

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