Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (hereinafter, ‘the Tribunal’), in O.A.No.1996 of 2003. The said O.A. was filed by B.Janardhana Rao, the first respondent in W.P.No.34908 of 2015 and the petitioner in W.P.No.20014 of 2018. His prayer therein was to declare the action of the authorities in not permitting him to join duty as an Assistant Section Officer, Agriculture and Cooperation Department, and in putting him on compulsory wait as illegal. A consequential direction was also sought by him to the authorities to permit him to join duty by treating the period as compulsory wait and pay full salary along with consequential benefits to him. By the order dated 22.09.2014, the Tribunal held that B.Janardhana Rao was deemed to have joined duty in March, 1994 and his services should be continued till the date of his retirement in August, 2011. The authorities were accordingly directed to pay pension and pensionary benefits to him within a time frame. Aggrieved by these directions, the State of Andhra Pradesh filed W.P.No.34908 of 2015.
