Ambati Yadagiri v. The State of Telangana
Case brief
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Writ petition (Art. 226, Telangana HC, single judge) by retired Full-Time Contingent Night Watchman (appointed 26.06.1991; retired 30.04.2025; 34 years' continuous service) challenging non-sanction of pension and pensionary benefits as illegal/arbitrary; representation dated 25.08.2025 to Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Hanamkonda pending with no action; respondents' GP contended petitioner was not a regular employee and not entitled to pension; Court disposed of the petition at admission stage WITHOUT going into merits and issued a time-bound direction to respondent No.3 to decide the representation dated 25.08.2025 in accordance with law preferably within six weeks and communicate the decision; entitlement question left undecided; miscellaneous petitions closed; no costs. Interim application under Section 151 CPC. Useful for: pension claims of contingent employees, mandamus for consideration of pending representations, admission-stage disposal, time-bound compliance directions.