IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO : 9912 of 2005 Between: P. Janardhan Rao, S/o Ramaiah, Superintending Engineer (Retired), resident of Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Engineer-in-chief, Panchayat Raj, A.P., Hyderabad. 3. M. Ananda Rao, Executive Engineer (PR), Gadwal, Mahaboobnagar District. 4. N. Suryanarayana, Personal Assistant to Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Kurnool, Kurnool District, Zone-III. 5. N. Veerabhadra Sarma, Executive Engineer (Fisheries), O/o Director of Fisheries, Tankbund, Hyderabad, A.P. 6. C. Raja Mohan Rao, Executive Engineer (PR), Palvanch, Khammam District. 7. G. Krishna Gopal, ExecutiveEngineer, S.C. Corporation, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 8. Radha Krishna, Executive Engineer (PR) Sangareddy, Medak District. 9. Ambati Jagannadham, I/c Chief Engineer (PR), Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 10. K. Satyanarayana, I/c Chief Engineer (PR) (on leave) Swamy Ramananda Theertha Building, Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 11. M. Lakshma Reddy, Superintending Engineer, PR,Nalgonda. 12. A. Laxminalrayana Goud, Superintending Engineer, RWS, Sadasivapet, Sangareddy, Medak District. 13. I. Sumidha Ranga Rao, I/c Superintending Engineer, PR Dept., RWS, Ranga Reddy District, R/o 1-1-419/A/3/1, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. (Respondent Nos.6 to 13 are formal parties and they are not necessary in this Writ Petition) ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the order dated 23.03.2005 in O.A.NO.6882 of 1996 and batch by the Hon’ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad and quash the same as unjust and without any basis and consequently direct the1st and 2nd respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer basing on the length of service in the cadre of Superintending Engineer and in terms of provisional seniority list in the cadre of Executive Engineers. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.J.R.MANOHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court, at the admission stage, made the following: ORAL ORDER:- (PER GB, J) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter in this Writ Petition is covered by the decision of this Court in W.P.No.7537 of 2005, dated 26.04.2005. 2. Accordingly, we dispose of the Writ Petition in terms of the judgment in W.P.No.7537 of 2005, dated 26.04.2005. No costs. _____________________ G. BIKSHAPATHY, J ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J Date: 28.04.2005 ES/NSR To 1. The Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Engineer-in-chief, Panchayat Raj, A.P., Hyderabad. 3. M. Ananda Rao, Executive Engineer (PR), Gadwal, Mahaboobnagar District. 4. N. Suryanarayana, Personal Assistant to Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Kurnool, Kurnool District, Zone-III. 5. N. Veerabhadra Sarma, Executive Engineer (Fisheries), O/o Director of Fisheries, Tankbund, Hyderabad, A.P. 6. C. Raja Mohan Rao, Executive Engineer (PR), Palvanch, Khammam District. 7. G. Krishna Gopal, ExecutiveEngineer, S.C. Corporation, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 8. Radha Krishna, Executive Engineer (PR) Sangareddy, Medak District. 9. Ambati Jagannadham, I/c Chief Engineer (PR), Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 10. K. Satyanarayana, I/c Chief Engineer (PR) (on leave) Swamy Ramananda Theertha Building, Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 11. M. Lakshma Reddy, Superintending Engineer, PR, Nalgonda. 12. A. Laxminalrayana Goud, Superintending Engineer, RWS, Sadasivapet, Sangareddy, Medak District. 13. I. Sumidha Ranga Rao, I/c Superintending Engineer, PR Dept., RWS, Ranga Reddy District, R/o 1-1-419/A/3/1, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. 14 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 15 Two CD copies