Sanoupatla Ravi v. The State Of Telengana
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT (SPecial Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSANO AND TWENry SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH clll Sanoupatla Ravi, S/o' Muthyalu' aged about 61 .years' Occ' Retd' School n=.i.tJ.t,'Zp High School, Air,"t"p,', frll919tr911al-District' R/o' Road No'1' ifi;th;;d; niisa neoov Dist., Pin 5o1 505 (PPo No' 16-001073/SP)' N AND The State of Telengana, Rep.' by its Principal Secretary' Finance Department' Oi. A.n. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Saifabad' Hyderabad' ...
RESPONDENT PetitionunderArticle226oflheConstitutionoflndiaprayingthatinthe circumstancesstatedintheaffidavitfiledtherewith,theHighcourtmaybepleased toto issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamusdeclaringthattheimpugnedactionoftherespondentsinnotreleasing and paying the retirement benefits to the petitioner' such as' Gratuity' Commutation' E.L. and H.P.L., Group lnsurance and interest' TSGLI' P'R'C' Arrears etc'' total amounts of Rs.70,98,993/- approved, vide Token Nos' 2603019480' 2603019207' 2603019495,2603019487,2603622866,2603622847,270067428',2603622621' 2603622635,260g622650,2603622667'2603622677,2603622694,2603622611, 2603622735,2603622756,2603622777'2603622801and2603622829'dated 06.03.2026, 31.O1.2026, 31.01.2026, 06.03.2026, 31 .01 .2026, 31 .01 .2026 , 06.08.2026, 06.08.2026, 06.08.
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06.08.2026 respective\,, as illegal. unfair, unjust and violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the respondent to release the . above said benefits together with interest @ 10 percentage PA on belated payments to the petitioner.
A. NO: I OF a Petition under Section I 51 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit flled in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct the 'espondent herein to forthwith pay the petitioner's retirement benefits viz., Gratuity, ,lommutation, E.L. and H.P.L., Group lnsurance and interest, TSGLI, p.R.C. Arrears etc., due to him, pending disposal of the W.P. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI A.RADHA KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondents: ASST.GP FOR SERVICES lll The Court made the fcrllowing: ORDER
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH WRIT PETITION o.2O452 of 2o/26 Date:O L.O7.2o26 Between Sanoupatla Ravi.
...Petitioner
AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Dr.B.R.R-bedkar Telangana Secretariat, Saifabad, Hydcrabad.
...Respondent
ORDER
Heard Sri A. Radha Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-lll appearing for the respondents and perused the material on record.. With their consent., this Writ Petition is taken up fcrr disposal at the stage of admission itself.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is questioning the action of the respondents in not
SK, J W.P.No.20452 ol 2026 releasing the petitioner's pensionary benefits despite token numbers having already been raised by the respondent authorities for payment of the amounts payable to the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the /is raised in the present writ petition has already been adiudicated by the Division Bench of this court in w.P.No.2313B of 2025, whictr was disposed of uide order dated 03.09.2025 and thus prayed to pass a similar ord.er in the present Writ Petition also.
4.
Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-lll did not dispute the submission made by learned counsel for thc: petitioncr with regard to disposa_l of w.p.No.2313g of 2o2s dated 03.09 .20:25 and submits that the respondents will release the amounts on a priority basis of the token numbers and prayed this Court to pass appropriate orders. 5.
Having reg;ard to the above made submissions and for the reasons alike in the orde' dated o3.o9.2o2s passecl by the
W@ -.*.4;.-r=a&&FSK, J W.P.No.20452 ot 2026 Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.23138 of 2025, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to ensure that the entire amount payable to the petitioner is released as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six (6) weeks from today, faiting which, the entire amount with regard to the retiral benefits shall carry interest at the rate of 1O7o per annum from the date the amount fell due till the actual date of its payment.
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Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. SD'- M.NAGAMANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR /TRUE COPY,, SECTION OFFICER To,
1. The Principal Secretary, State of Telengana, Finance Department, Dr. B.R' Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad.
2. One CC to SR! A.RADHA KRISHNA, Advocate- [OPUC]
3. Two CCs to GP FOR SERVICES lll, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT]
4. Two CD Copies.
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HIGH COURT DATED: 0110712026 oFr e CC TODAY o v7 $ + $ (r, IH =.t o WP.No.2O452 ot 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT CC)STS "otb \ .+ S1\*