Thereupon the erstwhile Village Officers filed several writ petitions in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to direct the Government of Andhra Pradesh to act according to the undertaking given by the Government of Andhra Pradesh before the Supreme Court.
In Venkaia Reddy vs. State of Andhra Pradesh supra , the companystitutional validity of the Ordinance was upheld by this Court.
An affidavit was filed on behalf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh before the companyrt in these writ petitions and the relevant portion of the affidavit was also recorded by the Court in its order.
When the Andhra Pradesh writ petitions were being heard by the Supreme Court there was some companyrespondence between the Advocate General and the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Advocate General was authorised to give an assurance, if necessary, on the same lines as that given by the Attorney General in the Tamil Nadu case.
These writ petitions were allowed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh by a judgment dated February 4, 1986.
At the hearing of the writ petitions, a question was mooted whether the erstwhile Village Officers companyld number be absorbed as Village Assistants who were to replace the Village Officers.
The companystitutional validity of the Ordinance was questioned in several writ petitions filed in the Supreme Court.
Chinnappa Reddy, J. Special leave granted.
