THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No. 26687 of 2005 Dated: 15-3-2010 Between: The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City Police, Hyderabad and others …Petitioners and Sri A.Gopal Reddy and another …Respondents. Order: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) Heard the learned Government Pleader for Services I for the writ petitioners and Sri Vinod Lal, learned counsel for the 1st respondent- employee. The writ petition by the State is directed against the order of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal dated 10-9-2004 in O.A.No. 8296 of 2000 and batch, which includes O.A.No. 8344 of 2000. By the said order and following its earlier order dated 15-12-2000 and 7-12-2000 in O.A.Nos. 8220 of 2000 and 7825 of 2000 respectively, the learned Tribunal allowed the batch of O.As. and invalidated the order of the State Government in G.O.Ms.No. 366 Home (Police-C) Department dated 30- 11-2000 whereby the State Government had rescinded all personal promotions earlier ordered in favour of police personnel on out of seniority basis. Identical issues relating to the invalidation of the Government order in G.O.Ms.No. 366 were canvassed before this Court by the State Government in W.P.No. 20812 of 2009 and batch, which were directed against similar orders of the Tribunal invalidating G.O.Ms.No. 366. By the judgment dated 16-12-2009, a learned Division Bench of this Court allowed the writ petitions by the State and set aside the orders of the Tribunal. The learned Division Bench however directed the State to consider the cases of the applicants (before the Tribunal) for regularisation of services in view of the fact that the applicants had been granted personal promotions recognising their meritorious service and had been discharging and serving in the promotional posts for several years. The applicants, respondents before this Court were permitted to make appropriate representations, if not already made for the purpose. In the light of the judgment dated 16-12-2009 in W.P.Nos. 20812 of 2009 and batch, it is fairly conceded by the learned counsel for the 1st respondent that the order of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal dated 20-9-2004 in the 1st respondent’s O.A.No.8344 of 2000 cannot be sustained. The order of the Tribunal in the O.A. aforementioned is accordingly set aside. The State may consider any representation made by the applicants- respondents for regularisation of their services in the promoted category of Sub-Inspector of Police, in accordance with law and the equality injunctions of the Constitution. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as above. No costs. _______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J _________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J 15th March, 2010. GRR THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No. 26687 of 2005 (Order of the Bench delivered by Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) Dated: 15-3-2010