IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6054 OF 2000 Between: T.M.S. Prakash S/o.T.Rama rao Railway Police Station , Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of A.P. Rep by its Prl. Secretary Home Dept , Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad. 2 The Director General and Inspector General of Police Govt. of A.P., Saifabad , Hyderabad. 3 The Dy. Inspector General of Police Visakhapatnam Range Visakhapatnam. .....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 issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus and declare the order and judgment in O.A.No.6801, dated 31-12-1999 passed by the Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal as illegal , arbitrary and contrary to law and consequently hold that the petitioner is entitled to claim his seniority from the date of his initial appointment as Reserve Sub Inspector and Consequently direct the respondents to promote the petitioner as Inspector of Police by taking recknowning and counting his seniority from the date of initial appointment as Reserve Sub-Inspector and to pass appropriate orders. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr. K.P.V. SUBBA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No. : G.P. FOR SERVICES - II The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Eswaraiah) This Writ Petition is filed against the common judgment dated 31-12-1999 in O.A. No.6801 of 1999 passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal dismissing the O.A. along with batch of O.As. 2. The petitioner herein, who is Sub-Inspector of Police in Railway Police, is applicant No.1 in O.A. No.6801 of 1999, which was filed seeking promotion as Inspector of Police as per Clause (4) of sub- clause (1) of G.O. Ms. No.188, Home (Police-C) Department, dated 30-06- 1999. 3. The said O.A. was dismissed along with O.A. No.4364 of 1999 and batch by a common judgment dated 31-12-1999. Aggrieved of the aforesaid order, W.P. No.2120 of 2000 and batch were filed and some of writ petitions are also filed seeking to quash G.O. Ms. No.188 dated 30-06-1999 as illegal and arbitrary and it is stated that the writ petitions, which were filed against the common judgment of the Administrative Tribunal were dismissed and the writ petitions, which were filed challenging the G.O. were allowed declaring G.O. Ms. No.188, Home (Police-C) Department, dated 30-06-1999, as invalid by a Division Bench of this Court by common order dated 15-06-2001. 4. As G.O. Ms. No.188 dated 30-06-1999 was declared as invalid and the petitioner is seeking promotion based on that G.O., following the aforesaid judgment of the Division Bench in W.P. No.2120 of 2000 and batch dated 15-06-2001, this writ petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. __________________ V. ESWARAIAH,J July 2, 2009. __________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY,J PV/IVD