IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 3717 of 1995 Between: 1 Dr. B.S. Mishra S/o. Prof. B.Mishra, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 2 Dr.H.R.Raghawan S/o.H.N.Rangaswamy, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 3 Dr.D.R.Hegde S/o.late Ram Hegde, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 4 Dr.B.C.Das S/o.Duryodhan Das, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 5 Dr.A.C.Tripathy S/o.Ganesh Tripathi, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 6 Dr.B.N.Acharya S/o.late Bholanath Acharya, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 7 Dr.P.K.Dash S/o.late S.B.Dash, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 8 Dr.P.C.Dhirsamanta S/o.Rajkishore Dhirsamanta, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 9 Dr.S.P.Pattanayak S/o.Godavari Prasad Pattanayak, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 10 Dr.A.K.Mehta S/o.Ramkrishna Mehta, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 11 Dr.S.K.Sahoo S/o.late Gopinath Sahoo, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 12 Dr.M.Vijayaleela D/o.late M.Pitchaiah, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 13 Dr.K.S.R.Raju S/o.K.Kutumba Rao, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 14 Dr.Jairaj Jakati S/o.late J.M.Swamy, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 15 Dr.S.R.Das S/o.late A.N.Das, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 16 Dr.R.C.Mohanty S/o.late Abhiram Mohanti, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 17 Dr.B.N.Behera S/o.late Baishnabacharan Behera, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 18 Dr.N.C.Mohanty S/o.Padmacharan Mohanty, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 19 Dr.M.D.Das S/o.late Parashuram Das, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 20 Dr.S.N.Kumar S/o.Ramakant Mishra, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 21 Dr.G.C.Satpathy S/o.late S.S.Satpathy, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 22 Dr.N.K.Agnihotri S/o.V.N.Agnihotri, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 23 Dr.Prem Narayan S/o.Laxmi Narayan, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 24 Dr.J.Agrawal S/o.Madan Gopal, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 25 Dr.Puspa Rao W/o.Dr.Prema Narayan, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. 26 Dr.A.K.Sinha S/o.B.K.Sinha, Chandrayanagutta, Hyderabad. (All are working as Doctors in CRPF) ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi 2 Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), North Block, New Delhi. 3 Ministry of Personnel and P.R. and Training, represented by Secretary, Ministry of Personnel & Training, New Delhi .....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 of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents contained in the orders dated 2.11.1994 and 13.1.1995 purporting to alter the conferring of the badges of ranks to the Medical Officers is contrary to the orders of the President of India contained in the letter dated 10.6.1974 and interlinking the same with the promotion of a DAGO belonging to a different cadre altogether is arbitrary and illegal and hence set aside the same and direct the respondents to allow the badges of rank to the Medical Officers of the C.R.P.F. as per eligibility criteria applicable to equivalent G.D.C.Os. at all the levels. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.V.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.SANJEEV KUMAR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STANDING COUNSEL. The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed questioning the orders of the respondents dated 2.11.1994 and 13.1.1995, purporting to alter the practice of conferment of badges of ranks to Medical Officers, as being contrary to the order of the President of India contained in the letter dated 10.6.1974 and to direct the respondents to allow badges of rank to Medical Officers of CRPF as per the eligibility criteria applicable equivalent to G.D. Commissioned Offices at all levels. 2. Sri A.Sanjeev Kumar, learned Central Government Standing Counsel submits that subsequent to the filing of the present Writ Petition all the petitioners have been promoted to higher rank, are entitled for badges of a higher category and as such the cause in this Writ Petition does not survive. 3. Recording the submission of the learned Central Government Standing Counsel, this Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- 11.07.2005 SSR To 1 Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi 2 Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), North Block, New Delhi. 3 Ministry of Personnel and P.R. and Training, represented by Secretary, Ministry of Personnel & Training, New Delhi 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MUK}