B Sailaja v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati; WRIT PETITION NO: 5239/2018; B Sailaja v State of Andhra Pradesh; APO (Assistant Project Officer); SRDS; Fixed Tenure Employee (FTE); outsourcing basis; reinstatement; termination order dropped; disciplinary charges found false and dropped (RC No. 2997/Sidhiout Manda1/10 SA/2016); salary disparity Rs 13,000/- vs Rs 28,000/-; writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; Section 151 CPC; Rule 6.3 and 6.5 of Rule 6, disciplinary rules for FTEs of SRDS (2012); Rc.No.HR/APOsReinstatement/2017 dated 28.08.2018; disposed of without costs; Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa; decided 03.07.2025.
What did the court decide?
No independent relief decreed; the writ petition was disposed of recording the respondents' position that the termination order stood dropped and the petitioner was continued as a fixed tenure employee vide proceedings Rc.No.HR/APOsReinstatement/2017 dated 28.08.2018, with no order as to costs and closure of pending miscellaneous petitions, if any.