Baddam Sathyamma v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K. SARATH
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Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-17. Baddam Sathyamma v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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[ 33021 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYOERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENW SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH WRIT PETITION NO: 11685 OF 2026 Between: Baddam Sathyamma, W/o. Rajender Reddy, Aged. 62 years, Occ: Retired School Assistant, R/o. H. No. 7-8-8711, Srinagar Colony, Panagal Road, Nalgonda, Telangana-50800'l . .. PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Government of Telangana, Bheema bhavan, Tilak Rd, Abids, Hyderabad, Telangana, Pin-500001. 3. The District Treasury Officer, Nalgonda District, Office at Nalgonda Collectorate Complex, Rahmatnagar, Nalgonda, PlN. No. 508001. 4. The Sub Treasury Officer, Nalgonda, Office at Nalgonda Collectorate Complex, Rahmatnagar, Nalgonda, PlN. No. 508001. 5. The District Education Officer, Nalgonda District. ...
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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, declaring the inaction of the respondents in not releasing and paying the retirement benefits such as Gratuity (CS) amount of Rs. 11,97,378/- with Token No. 2524094746 dt. 01. 03. 2025, Gratuity (TG) amount of Rs. 4,02,622l- with Token No. 2524094747 dt. 01. 03. 2025, Commutation (CS) amount of Rs. '14,43,5281- with Token No. 2524094748 d1. 01. 03. 2025, Commutation (TG) amount of Rs. 4,85,390/- with Token No. 2524094750, dt. 01-03-2025, ZPGPF Final Payment amount of Rs. 5,71,2191- with Cheque No. 2600051467, dt. O9. 04. 2025, GIS Principal amount of Rs. 47,9701 with cheque bearing No. 2600127604, dt. 14. O4. 2025, and Final w encashment of leaves of Rs. 7,3'1 ,005lwith cheque bearing numbers on 2600127600, dated 14. 04.
2025 as illegal, arbitrary. unfair, unjust, discrimination, apart from violation of all the Statutory Rules and Constitutional provisions and consequently direct the respondent officials to release and pay above mentioned benefits to the Petitioner with interest al 24o/o percent per annum from date of retirement to till the date of actual payment is made. l. A. NO: 1OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to forthwith release Gratuity (CS) amount of Rs. 1 1 ,97 ,3781- with Token No. 2524094746 dt. 01. 03. 2025, Gratuity (TG) amount of Rs. 4,02,622t with Token No. 2524094747 dto1. 03. 2025, Commutation (CS) amount of Rs. 14,43,528t with Token No. 25240947 48 dt. o'l . 03. 2025, Commutation (TG) amount of Rs. 4,85,3901 wrth Token No. 2524094750, dt. 01-03-2025, ZPGPF Final payment amount of Rs. 5,71,219l- with Cheque No. 260005'1467, dt.
O9. O4. 2025, GtS Principat amount of Rs. 47,970/- with cheque bearing No. 2600127604, dt. 14. O4. 2025, and Final encashment of leaves of Rs. 7,31 ,0054 with cheque bearing numbers on 2600127600, daled 14. O4 2025. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRt A. SANDEEP REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: ASST. GP FOR SERVICES lll The Court made the following: ORDER TN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH WRIT PETITION No. r 1685 of 2o26 Date: 17. 04. 2026 Between: Baddam Sathyamma ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Prin<:ipal Secretary, Finance Department and others . ,. Respondents ORDER: Heard Sri A. Sandeep Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Governmen t Plcader lor Services-lll appearing for the respondents and perused the material on record. With their consent, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission itself 2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the pctitioner frled the instant Writ Petition questioning the action of the rcspondents in not releasing the petitioner's retiral benefits, despite token numbers having already been raised by the respondent authorities lor payment of the amounts payable to the petitioner 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the Iis raised in the present Writ Petition has already been adjudicatcd lry the Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No. 23138 of 2025, which was disposed of uide order dated O3. A9. 2O25. and tlrus pral'ed to pass a similar order in the present Writ Pt:tition also 4. I. earned Assistant Go','ernment Pleader for Services-lll did not dispute the submissions made by learned counsel for the petiticrner r,r'ith regard to the disposa-l of W. P. No. 23 138 ol 2025 dated 03. 09 .
2025 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 rcgard to the above made submissions and for the reasons alike in the order dated O3. 09. 2025 passed by the \ I Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No'23138 of 2O25, 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, failing 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. Miscellaleous petitions pending, if any, in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs' SD/- L. VIJAYA LAXMI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// G SECTION OFFICER To, The State of Telangana' 1.
The Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Secretariat, HYderabad. Bheema 2. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Government of Telangana, Pin-500oo1 ' bhavan, Tilak Rd, Abids, Hyderabad, Telangana, District, office at Nalgonda J ine oistrict Treasury dfficer, Nalgonda PlN No 508001 Collectorate Complex, Rahmatnagar, Nalgonda, Office at Nalgonda Collectorate 4 in" SrU Treasury Officer, Nalgonda, Complex, Rahmatnagar, Nalgonda, PlN. No. 508001' 5 The District Education Officer, Nalgonda District' One CC to SRl. A SANDEEP REDDY Advocate 6 [OPUC] 7 TwoCCstoGPFoRSERV|CESlll,HighCourtfortheStateofTelangana,at Hyderabad [OUTI 8 Two CD Copies BN TKS ry CC TODAY HIGH COURT DATED: 1710412026 j . ,'';- \ ri - ,"--,S9 -) .... t o. ec c\t-i,' : i. i a\ ORDER i; 'l O LL WP. No. 11685 of 2026 c, i' t-. Q1'11 * . DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS '\v'6
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