THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 1965 OF 2010 ORDER (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed): This writ petition is filed, seeking for a Writ of Certiorari, quashing the order dated 13.10.2008, passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, in O.A.No.5588 of 2005, and further, seeking to declare the proceedings issued by respondent No.4, in Rc.No.A3/10707/2003, dated 28.02.2004, rejecting the claim of petitioners for notional promotion in the cadre of Superintendent, as illegal and arbitrary. Originally, the petitioners herein have approached the Tribunal, by way of O.A.No.5588 of 2005, seeking to set aside the proceedings, dated 28.02.2004, by holding that they are entitled for notional promotion as Superintendents with effect from the dates on which they become eligible, but were not promoted as the vacancies were occupied by the persons from the Social Welfare Department. It is to be noticed that the petitioners are working as Superintendents in the Tribal Welfare Department, Adilabad, which is in Zone-V. It is their case that the Social Welfare Department is trifurcated into Social Welfare Department, B.C. Welfare Department and the Tribal Welfare Department, by virtue of G.O.Ms.No.108, dated 24.08.1981. The validity of the said G.O. has come up for consideration before the Tribunal in R.P.No.8583 of 1988, and the Tribunal, by an order, dated 01.02.1995, struck down the same, and thereafter, the Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.15, dated 09.02.1996. In the O.A., the petitioners sought for directions to the respondents to examine their case for notional promotion, with reference to the sanctioned strength, after preparing the seniority list of the persons belonging to every department. The Tribunal has considered the matter and held that so long as G.O.Ms.No.108 was in force, common seniority is to be maintained for all the three departments and the posts are inter-changeable, but as the said G.O. was struck down and the Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.15, dated 09.02.1996, the petitioners cannot claim notional seniority, and accordingly, it has dismissed O.A.No.5588 of 2005. The reasons given by the Tribunal while dismissing O.A. No.5588 of 2005 are just and proper. Though the Social Welfare Department is trifurcated initially into Social Welfare Department, B.C. Welfare Department and the Tribal Welfare Department, by G.O.Ms.No.108, dated 24.08.1981, but the said G.O. was subsequently struck down, and thereafter, the Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.15, dated 09.02.1996, whereby, the employees of other departments are repatriated to their respective departments. Therefore, the petitioners’ claim for notional promotion, was rightly rejected by the Tribunal. We are of the considered view that the Tribunal has not committed any jurisdictional error in dismissing O.A.No.5588 of 2005. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. No costs. ______________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J Dated 16th February, 2010​ ______________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J vrn