Neelakanti Siddaiah v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K. SARATH
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-03-09. Neelakanti Siddaiah v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[ 3302 ] HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF IUARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH WRIT PETITION NO: 7037 OF 2026 Between: Neelakanti Siddaiah, S/o Laxmaiah, aged about 61 years, occ. Retired PS HM, MPPS, Bhavanipet (HW), Lingampet m-andal, Kamareddy District r/o H. No. 14-83/2, Madhuranager Colony, Devanpally, Kamareddy District ... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, Finance Department, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of School Education, Telangana, Hyderabad J The Principal Accountant General (A and E), Telangana, Hyderabad 500004 4 Gazetted Head Master, MPPS, Bhavanipet (NW), Lingampet mandal, Kamareddy District, Telangana State 4 The District Treasury Officer, Kamareddy. (Respondents 2lo 4 are F ormal Parties) ...
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 declaring action of the respondents No. 1 and 5 herein in not releasing admitted Gratuity Bill Amount of Rs. 5,86,291/- vide Token No. 2522798899 Dt. 28. 9. 2024, Gratuity Bill Amount of Rs. 5,08,305/- vide Token No. 2522798900 Dt. 28. 9. 2024 total of Rs. 10,94,596/-, and Earned Leave Errcashment Bill of Rs. 6,44 ,7341- vide Token No. 2522818811 Daled. 3. 1O. 2024, even after finalising the bill and having generated in lntegrated Financial Management lnformation System (lFMIS), inspite of repeated requests as illegal, arbikary, unreasonable and violative to Articles 14,16 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the re'spondent No. 1 herein to release and pay the admitted Gratuity Bill Amount of Rs.
5,86,291l- vide Token No. 2522798899 Dt289. 2024, Gratuity Bill Amount of Rs. 5,08,305i- vide Token No. 2522798900 Dl. 28. 9. 2024 total of Rs 10,94,596/-, and Earned Leave Encashment Bill of Rs. 6,44,734l- vice Token No. 252281 881 1 Dated. 3. 1 0. 2024. lA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition urrder Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavlt filerJ in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the resportdent Nos. 1 and 5 to release the admitted Gratuity Bill Amount of lis 5. 86,29'll- vide Token No. 2522798899 Dt. 28. 9. 2024, Gratuity Bill Amount of Rs 5,08,305/- vde Token No. 252279890O Dt. 289. 2024 total of Rs. 10,94,596/-, and Earned Le;rve Encashment Bill of Rs. 6,44,7341 vide Token No. 2522818811 Dated 3. 10. 202. 1, pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for th€' Petitioner: SRI V.
RAJA SHEKAR REDDY VENKAT RAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES lll -l-he Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH WRIT PETITION No. 7o,37 of 2o. 26 THE O9TH DAY OF MARCH 2026 Between: Neelakanti Siddaiah. ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, Finance DePartment and others. ... Respondents ORDER: Heard sri vonjari Raja Shekar Reddy Venkat Ram Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-tll appearing for the respondents ancl perused the material on record. With their consent, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission itself. I \ \ 2. Learned.
counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner filr:d the instant Writ Petition questioning the action of the respr3ndents in not releasing the petitioner's retiral benefits, despite token numbers having already been raised by the respondr:nt authorities for payment of the amounts payable to the petitioner 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the lfs raised in the present Writ Petition has already been adjudicated by the Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No. 23138 of 2025, which was disposed of uide order dated O3. O9. 2O25, and thus prayed to pass a similar order in the present Writ Petition also 4. Learn,:d Assistant Government Pleader for Services-lll did not disputr: the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner rvith regard to the disposal of w. P. No. 23138 of 2o2s dated 03. 0'9. 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 regard to the above made submissions and for the reasons alike in the order dated O3. O9 . 2025 passed by the Division Bench of this court in w. P. No. 23138 0f 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, failing which, the entire amount with regard to the retiral benefits shall carry interest at the rate of 10%o per annum, from the date the amount fell due, till the actual date of its payment. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if &ry, in this writ Petition, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs' S. GOWRI SHANKAR ISTANT REGISTRAR /TRUE COPYI/ SECTION OFFICER -f o, 1. The Principal Secretary to Govern Finance Department, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyd 2. The Commissioner of School Education, Telangana, Hyderabad 3.
The Principal Accountant General (A and E), Telangana, Hyderabad 500004 4. The Gazetted Head Master, MPPS, Bhavanipet (NW), Lingampet mandal, Kamareddy District, Telangana State 5. The District Treasury Officer, Kamareddy. 6. One CC to SRI VONJARI RAJA SHEKAR REDDY VENKAT RAM REDDY, Advocate. [OPUC] 7. Two CCs to GP FOR SERVICES lll, High Court for the State of Telangana tourl Two CD Copies BSK w' HIGH COURT DATED:0910312026 CC TODAY 1 HES T* o t o g 1 6 lrAfl 2025 il * o t: -:f7: a---)-' ORDER WP. No. 7037 of 2026 DISPOSII{G OF THE WRIT PETTTION WITHOUT COSTS ,A t6
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