IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 15848 of 2000 Between: 1 Y.V. Ramana Kumar son of Venugopal Rao Sub-Inspector, VC CSD, Vijayawada, Krishna District on Deputation 2 S.M. Rffiq, son of Aziz, Sub-Inspector of Police, Penumur P.S., chittoor Dist ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Prl. Secretary to Government Home Department The State of AP Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Director General & Inspector General of Police AP Hyderabad 3 The Dy Inspector General of Police Kurnool Range, Kurnool Kurnool dist 4 The Dy Inspector General of Police, Anantapur Range, Anantapur Anantapur Dist 5 The Dy Inspector General of Police Anantapur Range, Anantapur , Dist .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Judgement in OA.No.1811 of 1999 dt. 31/12/1999 which was dismissed alongwith a batch of OAs. by the Hon'ble AP. Adminsitrative Tribunal as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law and unconstituational , the consequently direct the respondent to promote the petitioners as Inspectors of Police by reckoning and counting their initial appointment as Reserve Sub Inspector , by holding that the petitioners are entitled to claim their seniority from the date of their initial appointment as Reserve Sub-Inspectors; and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:DR.K.LAKSHMI NARASIMHA Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 15848 of 2000 JUDGMENT: (Per BPR,J) Heard Mr K Laxmi Narasimha, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Government Pleader- Services I. Both counsel represented that the question involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in E Shankar Reddy Vs. Government of A P, Rep by Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad city[1]. Following the same, the orders passed in O A No. 1811 of 1999 dated 21.12.1999 are set aside and the writ petition is allowed. No costs. _______________ B.PRAKASH RAO,J _________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD,J DATE:25.11.2009 Tvk THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 15848 of 2000 Date: 25.11.2009 [1] ALT 4 (2001)626