ANDHRA UNIVERSITY Vs. SIVARAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Special leave granted.

(2.) The respondents were serving the Institute of Coastal and Offshore Research (INCOR) in different capacities. In the year 1989, the INCOR as a department was wound up and all the posts therein were abolished. The respondents sought a writ in the nature of mandamus from the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a direction that INCOR being a part of the Andhra University, the respondents were entitled to be absorbed in the University on equivalent posts. A learned single Judge of the High Court rejected the contention of the respondents that INCOR was a unit of the University. The learned single Judge, however, directed the University to frame a scheme to absorb the respondents in the service of the University in the existing and future vacancies. The learned single Judge dismissed the writ petition in the following terms:-

(3.) Pursuant to the directions of the learned Judge, the University framed the scheme called INCOR Judgment Scheme. The scheme came into operation with effect from August 1, 1991. We have been taken through the scheme. We are of the view that the scheme is fair and equitable and has been framed with the objective of absorbing the respondents in the service of the University in due course of time. We also commend the efforts of the University in trying to solve the human problem created by the winding up of the INCOR.