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5. Pammi Srinivasas Rao,. S/o. Jagannadham Rao,aged about

51. years. Occ:'senior under lyanager E3 , f .C. ru6. 0443672,PVK 5 Inctjne, KGM Area, R/0. Quarter No. NC-70, Rudrapur Village, Chuncupalti f4andal, Kothagudem Post, Bhadr;dri KothaqudJm District.' t

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7. Vasala. Laxminarayana, S/o. Krishna Srrvamy, aged about 52 years, Occ: Seniorunder Manager, E.C. No.r907313, RKP IA Incliner, Mandamarri R/o.e.tJo.C_74,IiI,Zone, Opp Carmel School,Katyanikhant, tvtancherial Diatrict. Kothapalli Ravinder, S/o. Rajatatr, aged about 52 years, Occ: Senior Under Manager E4, E.C. No. 2-657552, RK 7 Inctine, SRp Area R/0.Q. I'lc. C-80, Teachers Colon), CCC, Naspur,Ma'ncherial District B. lvlittapalli Srinivasa Rao, S/0. Sree Rama lyufthy, aged about 52 years, Occ: Senjor unCer Flanager RKNT incline, SRP i',r'ea, R/o. Q. No. C-96, RK 5 Colony,Naspur, Mancherial District.

9. Karrivula Vasudevan, iSl0. Rajam,,aged about 56 years, Occ: Senior under Mana,ler,RK 7 incline, Srirampur Area, E.C. No. 25.+1939 , Rlo C-54, Naspur Colony, CCC Town ship, t4ancherlal District. 10 lvleenugU Ellaiah S/o_ p.ajam, aged about 53 years, Occ: Slenior undei Manager, RK,5 incline, SRp Area, E.C. No. 2003012, R/o. Q. No. 38, Naspur Cotony, CCC Toi,n shio, lvlancherial District. I l..Kondam Mall Reddy I , ;;ffijr;.:#il1;x*$i1i,:ffs :t#::1, tr\)' t / btr'/es t R/o c-8 I' Naspur, etrlnlri.i bir"tli.i' /

12. Ivloola Sampath Reddv Years, occ: sunio,. s";'11? Iltrpathi Reddv Aged about 45 av.snp nrea, ii ilfltBtg1ff llRiitlll,o*,,., NasPUr Colony, CCC Town ,hi;, Mili,;;;;;;;;"1 i3. Merugu Rama Krishne ott'-dt'it.. u^i"ini'?3-" l1',-''h' Ased about 41 ' e*'ooiisz-dal;,nli,Xligi-5il#il;"'U&llJii,iZ, Ramavaram Kothaouoe c.,...0p",, x.ii."s,;r#;!i,,.l,i,9r,?l?rl!i,11;m Diskict. 14 Ravi S/o Mysaiah, aged about 53 years. ,-",, larup^aka]a occ: senior Under Maanger, otpr, nclir-_ E.C.No. 0829932, R/o / 8 incline cotony, 1,'1uu. ,)94' ,sector-3' / xarimnagai; 'r' ^'ot r'enkat€swara Temple, 15. Kota Rarnesh S/o Ravan occ: senior gn6n, 6r;r.rll_lu, lged about 49 y<ars, Sar:l i i:#ff l,i' ii31%l'i, ?i.f,,i J ? r(amagiri Mandat, peccapalf i oiri.ia. j,, j;, -" ",,r, " venkatarao palri,

16. Naveni Kranthi Kumar s/ o.;' s",,,,,a"1 il; JJff '#i? i3:Li ti- No.12_;7781, R/o H.rrio. 20-3_2 izil,iiavunuou, Godavarikhani Andhra Bernk, Ramagundam, Kariirnagar oistrict.

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17. Thirunrala i:umara Swarny S/o Laxmana Swany. Ased abour 43 years. o.i, ::,1Y1'/0!11q, R/o Q.Nc.,. r\L ru, cenranary coronv. Karnaprrr, peddapalli DisLact. ;ii91 1ri"i tuniUl.,o., ,,, *o ,,,,

18. Tatikonda Sadanandam s/ o.. R/o e.N0.93, Centanary i o i u n ie;, J;illl'",.TI: A? fl ?:E J i::fil:f , -Corony, Ratnapur, peddapalli District.

19. Vasarlalla !inod Rao, s/n r c.iurlbiotjs%&".?#;:::j::va.Rao, ased about s3 years, nlo .ri ruo.or, e iil;""i;i:J-*11:r Manaser,oc-2, RG Ir Area, codav.rrikrrani,pe;;;; i"r'a?;i"ar venkateswara rempie,

20. SK. iiLrssain Shareef, S/o_ I et*iii1ffi;fu;i#l r'.',',lri3i3;"., Godavarikhani, g incline Coi harlmnagarDistrict. ony'RamagundamlYandal, And ,Petitioers

1. The Singareni Collieries Con.lpany Ltd., Rep. by its thgiTan ti Managing Dtrector, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hill:;, I-lyderabad. -

2. The Director (PA & VY), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., (SCCL), Kothagudem, Khammam District.

3. The General Manager (Personnel), RC, IR & PM, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Corporate, KothaguCern, Khammam District.

4. The General Manager. (Personnel) EE Cell, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Corporate,Kothagudem; Khammam District. I I : I I i I I I i I Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, and by declaring the action of the Respondents in not promoting the Petitioners to the E-3 Grade, and later to the E-4 grade with , retrospective seniority and other monetary benefits as per the resolution of board of directors of the Respondent Company dated 22.02.2013 as stated in office Nilemorandum dated 11-O5-2O13 is illegal, arbitrary ,nd direct the Respondents to promote the Petitioners to E-3 Grade Senior Under [\,4anagers "on."qr"ntly with a protection of seniority and extending all other monetary penefits lA NO: 2 OF 2020 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances Stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to dispose of the Representation of the petitioners dated 06-02-2018, 02-04-2019, 03-04-2015, 08-05-2019, respectively pending the disposal of the above Writ Petition. -./ lA NO: 1 OF 2020 Petition under Section '1 5'l CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to promote the Petitioners to the E-3 Grade Senior under -; Managers in Respondent Company after completion of 1 year Under Managers, pending the disposar of the above writ F,etition service period as lA NO: 1 OF 2021 Petition under section 151 cpc praying that in the ,:ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the petitioner to fire the copies of .1) cR'/F,ER/ cror6t2949 dated 25t10/2018, 2) cRp/cs/O54t123 dated o6to3t2o13, 3) cRp/pER/cro13t12T7 dated 11tOS/2013. 4) CRptpERtct34t2ilg2 date:d 01tXgt2|1B, 5) CRPlPERtCt34t1444 dated 01tO6t2O13, 6) CRptpERtCt13t1623 dated 2210612013 and 7) cll/c5A(pcyRect_Dept/s7 dated )T/.01/2021 as Addr materiar papers in w p. No- 1357 0f 2020 0n the fire of the r,on,bre High court. Counsel for the petitioner : SRI CH.VENKAT RAMAN Counsel for the Respondents: SRI p.SRl HARSHA REDDY (sc FoR S|NGARENI coLLtER|ES CO.LTD) The Court made the following: ORDER - HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PETITION No.1357 of 2O2O ORDER: Heard Sri Ch. Venkat Raman, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Sri. P. Sri Harsha Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Singareni Collieries Company Ltd, appearing on behalf of the respondents l to 4.

2. The petitioners filed the writ petition seeking the following relief : "to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, and by declaring the action of the Respondents in not promoting the Petitioners to the E-3 Grade, and later to the E-4 grade with retrospective seniority and other monetary beneflts as per the resolution of board of directors oft the Respondent Company dated 22.O2.2013 as stated, in office Memorandum dated 11-05-2013 is illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the Respondents to promote the Petitioners to E-3 Grade Senior Under Managers with a protection of seniority and extending all other monetary benefits and pass".

3.. The case of the petitioners, in brief as per the averments made by the petitioners in the affidavit filed by the petitioners in r''1 2 SN. J wP t357 2020 support of the present writ petition is that the p 3titioners 1 to 20 joined in the Respondent Company and therea'ter they have been appointed as an Executive Cadre. Thcr Respondent Company also recruited Management Trainees in E2 Grade as MGT's and later they were promoted to E3 Gri:de as Sertior Under Manager. On 22.O2.2013 the Respondent Company has taken a resolution to follow the procedure adopte(l in Coal India Limited regarding modifications in Executive promotions/ Recruitment rules. The petitioners further suL mit that the Respondent Company is not promoting them along with the external candidates and showing discrimination though they are equally qualified on par with them. The pet tioners made representations dated 06.02.2018, 02.o4,2(.lg,O:'b+.zOrg, ana 08.05.2019 to the Respondent Company requesl.ing to adopt earlier policy as that of Coal India Limited and alsc to extend ihe same benefits to them but the Respondent Conrpany has not taken any decision on the said representatio n s ' Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. It is further the specific case of the petitilners that the

4. Respondent Company through its Board of Direrctors meeting 3 SN, J wP ri57 2020 held on 22-02-2013 had taken a resolution to follow the same procedure as adopted in Coal India Limited regarding modifications in Executive promotions/Recruitment rules and to implement the same in the Respondent company' It is further the case of the petitioners that the modifications adopted by the respondent's company in its meeting held on 22'o2'2O13 are as u nder'; a) Recruitment of Executives trainees in all : disciplines (either through open advertisement or through campus) will be in E2 Grade in 1't year and they will be placed in E3 grade after successfu! completion of 1 Year training' b) Executave Trainees who are at present in El grade or those Executive Trainees who have been appointed on or after O1.O1.2OO7 would be deemed to have been appointed in E2 grade bnd after successful completion of the requisite training they would be placed/deemed to haVe been placed in E3 grade and their pay wil! be appropriately fixed' : Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petationers submits that the Respondent Company is not permitting the petitioners to E3 Grade and later E4 Grade with retrospective seniority and other monetary benefits \ 4 SN, J wP 1357 2020 as per the Respondent Company own resolution at the Board of Darectors meeting held on 22.O2.2OL3 as stated in the Office Memorandum dated 11.rr5.2013 and aggrieved by the same the petitioners approached the Court by filing the present writ petition afterr submitting the representations dated 06.02,2018, O2.O4.2OL9.t O3.O4.2O19 and O8.OS.2O19 to the respondents herein requesting the respondents to permit the petitioners to E- 3 Grade Senior under Managers with seniority and extending all other monetary bernefits. lrrotection of

5. Learned St ndino Counsel aDDearinq on be alf of that the reore ndents nta tbns as put forth bv the Detitioners are of the vear 20 18-2019 and uDon the petitioners re entillq to the ndents resDo hereinbvw a ofa forththeo d ailed re Dresentat naf resh, puttino ers' orievance as Dut l'orth in Detita oners Dresent tions ad ressed t the resDondents o6.IJ2.2(J1 a o2.o4.2(,19- o3.o4.2.J19.

08.o5.2019, the me wou ld be con sidered in a cord ance to la within a asona ble - J sN- l wP 1357 2020 6. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners does not dispute the said submission made by the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. Takin into consideration: (a) The aforesaid facts and circumstances of the

7. case, (b) The submissions of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the learned Standang Counset for Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., appearing on behalf of respondents, (c) The resolution of the Board of Directors of the respondent company dated 22.02.2013 as andicated in the office Memorandum dated 11.O5.2O13, r (d) The fact that the petitioners representations dated O6.O2.2o2La, O2.O4.2OLL, 03.O4.2O19 and O8.O5.2O19 seeking a direction to the respondents to permit the petitaoners to E-3 Grade and later to E-4 Grade with retrospective senaority and other monetary benefits as per the resolution of Board of Directors of the Respondent Company dated 22.O2'2O13 as indicated and ) vI 6! SN. J \\rP lt57 2020 stated in the Office Memorandum daterl 11.OS_2013 having not been considered as on date, The writ petition -is disposed of ,Cirecting the petitioners to put forth the grievances of flre petationers as put forth in the presen't writ petition by way of a detailed representation addressed to the respondents herein duly incorporating the contents of the petitioners, earlier representations dated 06-02-2019, O}-O4-ZOLq, O3-O4-2O19 and O8-O5-2O19 within a perioct of two (O2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and upon the respondent Nos.2 and 3 receiuing the said representation of the petitioners within a period of six (6) weeks thereafter the respondent Nos. 2 and :i lre directed to consider the grievance of the petitioners pertaining to the petitioners' promotion to E-3 Grade an(l tater to E4 Grade with retrospective seniority and other monetary benefits as per the resolution of Board of Directors of the respondent company dated 22-02-2013 as itrdicated and stated in the Office Memorandum dated 1l-O5-2O13, in accordance to law, in conformity with principles of natural justice by providing an opportunity of person,el hearing to 7 SN. ] wP ll57 1020 the petitioners and pass appropriate orders deciding the subject issue and duly communicate the decision to the petitioners. However, there shall be no order as to cost' Asa sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Writ Petition shall also starld closed' sD/-s. ALLIKARJUNA RAO AS ISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYII SECTION OFFICER To

1. The Chairman and l\4anaging Director, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad.

2. The Director (PA and W), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., (SCCL), Kothagudem, Khammam District.

3. The General Manager (Personnel), RC, lR and PM, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Corporate, Kothagudem, Khammam District. 4 The General Manager, (Personnel) EE Cell, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Corporate, Kothagudem, Khammam District. I 5. One CC to SRI CH.VENKAT RAMAN, Advocate IOPUCI, 6 One CC to SRI P.SRI HARSHA REDDY (SC FOR SINGARENI COLLIERIES co LrD) [OPUC] 7 Two CD Copies. BSK BS \q' HIGH COURT DATED:1810712025 ORDER WP.No.1357 of 2020 .-.. ( ti. 10 stP 2[25 '. ,.:,:. I DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITTON WITHOUT COSTS c* tcaV. ,*(A,