IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No: 8188 of 2005 Between: V.N.Ramachandra Reddy, S/o. Sri Narsimha Reddy Assistant Secretary to Government, Revenue Dept A.P, Secretariat Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P, Rep by its Secretary General Administration (SC.F) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Government of A.P, Rep by its Secretary General Administration (Ser) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.1 in issuing the impugned Memo.No.490/SC.F/04-7 dt.24-2-2005 and rejection of Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal to grant interim orders vide O.A.No.990 of 2005 dt.8-4-2005 as arbitrary and illegal and set aside the same and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SATYAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES I The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORAL ORDER:- (PER GB,J.) The Writ Petition is filed assailing the order, dated 08.04.2005, passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in O.A.No.990 of 2005. 2. The principal grievance of the petitioner is that in identical cases Tribunal directed the Government to effect promotions in accordance with the final seniority list issued in G.O.Ms.No.186, General Administration (S.U.II.) Department, dated 20.06.2003, and such promotions will be subject to further orders in the pending O.As. 3. Learned Government Pleader submits that the Tribunal could have passed the same order by dismissing the O.A. 4. There are two stages of orders prevailing. One such stage is to promote in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.186, but in respect of the petitioner such a relief was not granted. Under those circumstances, in order to maintain the uniformity, we set aside the order of the Tribunal 5. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of setting aside the order of the Tribunal, dated 08.04.2005, directing the Government to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion on the basis of the seniority in G.O.Ms.No.186, dated 20.06.2003, along with other similarly situate persons. 6. However, the promotions so made will be subject to the result in O.A.No.4751 of 2004. The Tribunal is also directed to dispose of the said O.A. along with other similarly situate matters within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _____________________ G. BIKSHAPATHY, J ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J Date: 13.04.2005 ES/PRV To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P, General Administration (SC.F) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, Government of A.P, General Administration (Ser) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 4 2 CCs to the GP for Services-I, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies 6 1 CC to MR.SATYAM REDDY