HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
W.P. No.4364 of 2021
O R D E R:-
This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief:
".....to issue a writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in
releasing the petitioner's annual increments from 2013 till date, as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to add the petitioner's annual increments from 2013 onwards till date to the petitioner's pay and direct the respondents to pay difference of arrears of pay on adding increments with interest at the rate of 12% per annum, grant costs of the proceedings." Though Sri M.Pitchaiah, learned counsel for the petitioner, made several allegations against the respondents during the course of hearing, he requested this Court, without touching the merits of the case, to issue a direction to the respondents to dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioner on 09.03.2020, 01.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 29.10.2020, 13.11.2020, 01.12.2020, 15.12.2020, 29.12.2020 and 13.01.2021 keeping in view the Office Memorandum issued by the 1st respondent dated 19.03.2012.
The learned Assistant Solicitor General of India appearing on behalf of the 1st respondent and the learned Standing Counsel for School of Planning and Architecture appearing on behalf of respondents 2 and 3 readily agreed to dispose of the representations of the petitioner dated 09.03.2020, 01.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 29.10.2020, 13.11.2020, 01.12.2020, 15.12.2020, 29.12.2020 and 13.01.2021, if any, pending with the respondent authorities keeping in view the Office Memorandum issued by the 1st respondent dated 19.03.2012.
In view of the submission of the learned counsel for the respondents, I need not decide the truth or otherwise of the allegations made in the petition. This Court is conscious that no such direction can be issued in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of The 2 MSM,J WP_4364_2021 Government of India v. P.Venkatesh1, wherein the Apex Court held that such orders may make for a quick or easy disposal of cases in overburdened adjudicatory institutions. But, they do no service to the cause of justice. As the learned counsel for the petitioner himself requested to issue a direction to dispose of the representations dated 09.03.2020, 01.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 29.10.2020, 13.11.2020, 01.12.2020, 15.12.2020, 29.12.2020 and 13.01.2021 submitted by the petitioner, I find no other alternative except to issue such direction.
In the result, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioner on 09.03.2020, 01.09.2020, 16.09.2020, 29.10.2020, 13.11.2020, 01.12.2020, 15.12.2020, 29.12.2020 and 13.01.2021 keeping in view the Office Memorandum issued by the 1st respondent dated 19.03.2012, within a period of one month from today. No order as to costs.
As a sequel, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any pending, shall stand disposed of as infructuous.
__________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J 01.03.2021 bcj 1 2019 (8) SCALE 544