HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION No. 5349 OF 2000 Thursday, the Twelfth Day of August, Two Thousand and Ten Between T.Sujata Singh Petitioner AND The Correspondent, Marwadi Hindi Vidyalaya High School, Begum Bazar, Hyderabad – 12 and others Respondents ORAL ORDER: Seeking a direction to the respondents 1 to 4 to consider her case for promotion as School Assistant in Biological Sciences in the first respondent school, the petitioner filed this writ petition. The petitioner was appointed as Secondary Grade Teacher in the first respondent institution, which is an aided school, on 3.6.1988 and her services were also regularized by the third respondent with effect from June, 1988. Pursuant to the retirement of one Raghunatha Rao, School Assistant in Biological Sciences, the petitioner being senior most in SGBT Teacher, made representation dated 23.4.1994 to promote her as School Assistant, which was not considered. It is further stated that even after the retirement of Chimanlal Raichura on 31.3.1997, her representation was not considered, inspite of there being two clear vacancies. It is also stated that the fifth respondent, who is junior to the petitioner in the cadre of SGBT Teacher was promoted as School Assistant in Mathematics. Hence, this writ petition. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Govt. Pleader for the School Education. The grievance of the petitioner is that though her junior has been promoted as School Assistant, she had been denied the promotion as a vindictive measure inasmuch as she had approached this Court in the earlier round of litigation against the management. Inasmuch as it is stated by the petitioner that the fifth respondent, who is junior to her in the cadre of SGBT Teacher, had been promoted as School Assistant, suffice it to direct the respondents 1 to 4 to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion as School Assistant in Biological Sciences, as expeditiously as possible, as per the rules. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari August 12, 2010 MAS