into the services of the TTD and having permitted them to work for several years and, in a few cases, for more than a quarter of a century, surprisingly, the respondent issued show cause notice dated 11.01.2018 to the petitioners as to why further action should not be initiated against them, since they are not eligible for appointment in TTD. Aggrieved, petitioners filed W.P.No.3023 of 2018 before the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and for the State of Andhra Pradesh and the said High Court, by its order dated 21.02.2018 directed that the TTD shall not terminate their services, pending further orders in the writ petition. However, it is made clear that the order shall not disable the TTD from posting the petitioners to any of its institutions or departments outside its Temples. Though the common High Court has passed orders in favour of the petitioners, the petitioners were denied their legitimate promotions, on the ground that the writ petition is pending and their juniors were promoted. In the meantime, some of the petitioners were retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation. Subsequently, they were not paid pension and other retiral benefits, which is illegal and arbitrary. He also submits that due to the pressure exerted from the fundamental groups, the petitioners are being treated as second class citizens, which is impermissible in law.
