Andhra Pradesh Court July 1998 Judgments

A.P.S.E. Board and Another Vs. C.H. Appa Rao

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

S. Parvatha Rao, President: 1. The opposite parties in Consumer Case No. 879 / 1992 have preferred this appeal questioning the order of the Visakhapatnam District Forum in that CC dated 14.10.197 directing them to pay to the complainant i.e. the respondent before us, Rs. 2,495/- with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of complaint i.e. 15.12.1992 till the date of payment within two months. 2. The complainant's grievance was that there was sudden shooting up of the voltage of the electrical energy that was being supplied to his residence by the appellants on 25.9.1991, because of which his colour T.V. was burnt and that he had incurred an expenditure of Rs. 1,665/- to get it repaired, and again on 26.4.1992 there was high voltage of the electrical energy and consequently the picture tube of Black and White T.V. was also burnt and he had to spend Rs. 830/- to replace and get it repaired. The complainant, on that basis, sought direction from the Visakhapatnam District Forum to the app...

K. Vidyasagar Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Ra ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(4)ALD508; 1998(4)ALT463

ORDER1. The instant writ petition is filed seeking writ of certiorari to quash the order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, R.R. District, 1st respondent herein, and to direct him to grant permission to the petitioner for shifting of 1L 24 Shop from the present premises to the premises at Rajadhani Theatre Complex, Gaddiannaram.2. The facts lie in a short compass: The petitioner was granted 1L 24 retail licence by the 1st respondent to locate the shop in premises bearing No.9-34/B&C;, Gaddiannaram, R.R. District. .The licence, however, was suspended by the 1st respondent by order dated 23-5-1998 on the ground that the premises was offending Rule 6 of TheAndhra Pradesh Excise (Indian and Foreign Liquor Retail Sale Conditions of Licences) Rules, 1993, hereinafter called '1993 Rules'. Challenging the said order, the petitioner filed W.P. 14382/98 and this Court by order dated 28-5-1998 in W.P.M.P. 17303/98 suspended the said order of suspension. The respondent...

Tanseem Fatima Vs. Joint Commissioner of Police, Crimes and Sit, Hyder ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(5)ALD536

ORDERN.Y. Hanumanthappa, J. 1. ThisWrit Petition is filed by Smt. Tasneem Fatima, w/o Mohd. Naseentddin, resident of Jeevanyarjung Colony, Sayeedabad, Hyderabad, alleging that her husband Mohd. Naseentddin s/o Mohd Haneefuddin, has been illegally detained by the 2nd respondent on 4-7-1998 at his residence when he was leaving for hospital for treatment of his disease (slip-disc). Earlier to this also the detenu washospitalised for treatment of the said disease in Princess Durru Shahwar Hospital, Purani Haveli, Hyderabad. According to her the detention of her husband is bad and illegal. It is also stated in the petition that the detenu is a peace loving and law abiding citizen and is a member of a non-political party Jamaat-e-Islami, an organisation dedicated to social service to all people irrespective of their caste and religion. According to her the party has a glorious record of over 50 years in the promotion of peace, education and welfare of the people. According to her immediately...

A. Kodandam Vs. Principal, Kamala Nehru Polytechnic for Women, Hyd. an ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(6)ALD173

ORDER1. These three petitions are interconnected and can be disposed of by a common order.2. The petitioners in these writ petitions are working as lab attenders in Kamala Nehru Polytechnic and they questioned the action of the respondents in determining their ages on the basis of a medical certificate given by a Forensic Professor, Gandhi Hospital in the year 1984 without reference to the date of birth entered in the service records as per the medical certificate given by the Civil Surgeon, Nampally General Hospital. They also contended that the authorities are trying to retire them at the age of 58, while they, being attenders wider last grade service are entitled to be in service upto the age of 60 years.3. The respondents filed counter by contending that all the petitioners herein are working as lab attenders which forms part of A.P. Technical Subordinate Service and the post of attender in last grade service has no bearing on the issue to be adjudicated in these writ petitions. Th...

Life Insurance Corporation of India Vs. T. Kamalamma

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

K. Ranga Rao, Member: 1. The respondent herein filed a complaint O.P. No. 221/1996 before the Khamman District Forum alleging that her husband Venkata Narasaiah insured his life and obtained insurance policy No. 681216989 for a sum of Rs. 50,000/- with accident benefit from the branch office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Madhira, that her husband Venkata Narasaiah subsequently died in the year 1994, that when she made a claim for payment of the policy amount as a nominee under the above policy, the opposite parties namely, the Life Insurance Corporation of India, branch at Madhira and the Divisional Office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India at Warangal rejected her claim on flimsy grounds and that the opposite parties gave an evasive reply to the legal notice got issued by her on 9.8.1995 and that she is entitled to a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- towards the policy amount with bonus, etc. and also damages of Rs. 50,000/-.2. A joint counter signed by the Marketing Manager...

The Bank Manager, Syndicate Bank Vs. B. Ravi Babu

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

K. Ranga Rao, Member: 1. The Manager, Syndicate Bank, Gudlur has preferred this appeal against the order dated 23.7.1997 passed by the Prakasam District Forum at Ongole in O.P. No. 105/1996 directing him to pay compensation of Rs. 5,000/- to the respondent herein who is the complainant in the said O.P. together with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of the order till the date of realisation and also costs of Rs. 300/-. 2. The case of the complainant before the District Forum was that he is a Post Graduate, that he was selected by the District Industries Centre for establishing a Type Institute at Gudlur under Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana Scheme in which he is eligible to a loan of Rs. 75,000/- from the appellant Bank, that when he approached it, the appellant Bank refused to sanction loan to him and that therefore, he suffered loss and inconvenience. He approached the District Forum and filed the complaint O.P. No. 105/1996 requesting for appropriate directions. 3. After receiving...

R.V.N.S. Murthy and Another Vs. M/S. Desk to Desk Courier and Another

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

K. Ranga Rao, Member: 1. The 1st appellant is present in person and represented his case. The respondents though served with notice, are not present and there is no representation on their behalf. 2. The appellants herein are the complainants in O.P. No. 1437/1996 before the Hyderabad District Forum. The case of the complainants is that the 2nd complainant having obtained LIC premium receipt on behalf of the 1st complainant despatched the same on 19.11.1996 through the 2nd opposite party courier service from Bhadrachalam to Hyderabad to the 1st complainant, that the said consignment was not delivered to the 1st complainant and that they are entitled to damages of Rs. 25,000/- and expenses of Rs. 20,000/-. Accordingly they approached the District Forum for necessary reliefs by filing a complaint O.P. No. 1437 of l996. 3. The opposite parties filed their version stating that the sender of the consignment has not declared the contents of the consignment, that the compensation payable for ...

Krovidi Kameswaramma and Others Vs. Kudapa Balaramayya and Another

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(5)ALD68; 1998(5)ALT69

ORDERP. Ramakrishnam Raju, J. 1. The plaintiffs are the appellants. The first plaintiff late Kowidi Venkata Ananda Raja Gopala Krishna Murthy entered into an agreement of sale for purchase of Ac.5-88 cents of land in S.No.751 of Konthamuru, hamlet of Komaluru of Rajahmundry taluk, East Godavari district with the defendants 1 and 2 at the rate of Rs.53,000/- per acre on 11-12-1982. The said plaintiff paid a sum of Rs.20,000/- as advance on that date. He agreed to pay Rs.80,000/- on or before 31-1-1983, Rs.50,000/- before 30-4-1983 and the balance on or before 15-5-1983. It is also agreed that in case the above conditions are fulfilled by the said plaintiff, the possession of property would be delivered on 30-3-1983.2. However, it is the case of the first plaintiff that he has been althrough ready and willing to perform his part of the contract but the defendants were never ready to comply with the terms of the contract. It is further stated in the plaint that apart from Rs.20,000/- paid...

Commissioner of Labour, Govt. of A.P. and Others Vs. Andhra National T ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(5)ALD88; 1998(4)ALT664

ORDERUmesh Chandra Banerjee, C.J. 1. These writ appeals are directed against the order of the learned single Judge directing appointment of Liquidators over the affairs of the Andhra Cooperative Spinning Mills Ltd., Guntakal, a 'Cooperative Society' governed by the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 with further directions onto the Slate Government - (1) to make a deposit of Rs.1,00,000/- towards the liquidation costs, (2) to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/-per month to each of the liquidators and (3) that all the workmen including the staff and Officers shall be paid a sum equivalent to six months monthly emoluments drawn by each of them and the Government was directed to make payment in regard thereto. It is on these three specific counts, the learned Advocate-General appearing for the State Government contended that the order is untenable in law and cannot be sustained. Be it noted, however, that the learned Advocate-General, as is recorded in the order, himself...

M. Sireesha (Smt.) and Others Vs. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidalaya Sang ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1998(5)ALD378

ORDER1. The petitioners in both these writ petitions are challenging the change of date of reckoning the minimum qualifying age of a child for admission to Class I in Kendriya Vidyalayas from 30th September to 1st April of the academic year and the impugned proceedings in F.No. 19-42(G)/96-KVS (HR), dated 10-2-1997, as arbitrary, discriminatory, irrational, unjust and void being violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. As an ancillary relief, a direction is sought for restoration of the status quo ante obtaining prior to the above proceedings.2. Petitioner No. 1 in Writ Petition No.6116 of 1997 filed her affidavit in support of the writ petition. It is stated that Kendriya Vidyalayas of Central Schools are run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, New Delhi, which is an autonomous body constituted by the Ministry of Human ResourcesDevelopment, Government of India. New Delhi, as a result of recommendations of the Second Pay Commission and they are affiliated to the Centr...