THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.27392 of 2011 October 14, 2011 Between: V.Robert, S/o.V.Pullaiah .. Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary to School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad And others …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.27392 of 2011 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.Rao) The writ petition is against the interlocutory order dated 15.9.2011 in VMA No.1721 of 2011 in O.A.No.7505 of 2011 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal whereby and whereunder the interim order dated 08.9.2011 was made absolute. The second respondent issued proceedings dated 05.7.2011 containing the criteria for nomination of Districts School Games Organising Secretaries (the Organising Secretaries, for brevity) for Schools and Junior Colleges. The criteria for nominating the Secretary for Schools are as follows. Criteria for nominating Secretary for School is A senior most School Assistant (Physical Education)/ P.E.T. working in Zilla Parishad/Government Schools. If any senior most School Assistant (Physical Education)/ P.E.T. is not willing then choice will be given to the next senior most School Assistant (Physical Education) / P.E.T. Minimum service for School Assistant (Physical Education) : 5 years Minimum service for Physical Education Teachers : 15 years OR If not available in Zilla Parishad and Government then Municipal or Aided schools School Assistant (Physical Education) / P.E.T. can be appointed as Organising Secretary. Preference may be given to School Assistant (Physical Education)’s/P.E.T.S’s working in Zilla Parishad, Government Schools. If Organising Secretary is nominated from Aided / Municipal Schools, he/she should be working in an aided post. The respondents 5 and 6, who are School Assistants (Physical Education) in Zilla Parishad Schools in Kurnool District filed O.A.No.7505 of 2011 aggrieved by the nomination of the petitioner herein (fifth respondent in O.A.) as Organising Secretary. They contended that being School Assistants (PE) they ought to have been appointed as Organising Secretaries in preference to the petitioner who is only a Physical Education Teacher (PET). The learned Tribunal, while admitting the matter, passed interim orders staying the appointment of the petitioner. He then moved VMA which was dismissed. The Counsel for the petitioner would submit that his client has put in twenty-seven (27) years of service; he is left with only one year of service and being senior even if he is nominated as Organising Secretary, the same is in tune with the criteria notified by the second respondent vide proceedings dated 05.7.2011. A perusal of the criteria extracted herein above would clearly show that the intention was to appoint a senior most School Assistant (PE) or PET in Z.P. Schools as Organising Secretary. The indication to our mind shows that preference should be given to School Assistants (PE) over PETs. In that view of the matter, we do not find any grave error in the interlocutory order passed by the learned Tribunal. The writ petition is liable to be dismissed. We, however, request the learned Tribunal to dispose of the O.A. itself as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order having regard to the fact that the petitioner is likely to be superannuated within a period of one year, without being influenced by any of the observations made herein above. The writ petition, with the above observations, is accordingly dismissed. ________________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) ___________________ (K.G.SHANKAR, J) October 14, 2011 YS