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A generalized pseudo Ricci symmetric manifold is a Riemannian manifold \((M^n, g)\) whose Ricci tensor field \(S(X,Y)\) satisfies the condition \((\nabla _X S) (Y,Z) = 2A(X) S(Y,Z) + B(Y) S(X,Z) + C(Z) S(Y,X)\), where \(A\), \(B\), and \(C\) are nonzero 1-forms corresponding to nonzero vector fields \(\lambda\), \(\mu\), and \(\nu\) by \(g(X,\lambda)=A(X)\), \(g(X,\mu)=B(X)\), and \(g(X,\nu)=C(X)\) for every vector field \(X\). Let \((M^n, g)\) be an \(n\)-dimensional \((n=2m+1)\) differentiable manifold with a contact form \(\eta\), the associated vector field \(\xi\), and an (1,1) tensor field \(\varphi\). If \(\xi\) is a Killing vector field, then \((M^n, g)\) is called a \(K\)-contact Riemannian manifold. A \(K\)-contact Riemannian manifold is Sasakian if \((\nabla_X\varphi)(Y)=g(X,Y)\xi-\eta(Y)X\). In this paper, the authors study generalized pseudo Ricci symmetric Sasakian manifolds. They show that the scalar curvature \(r\) of a generalized pseudo Ricci symmetric Sasakian manifold \((M^n, g)\) is constant. Also, it is shown that a conformally flat generalized pseudo Ricci symmetric Sasakian manifold is of almost constant curvature.