HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28133 of 2011 ORDER: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam-first respondent herein issued a notification dated 09.05.2011, inviting applications for the posts of Medical Officers (Ayurvedic). The petitioner has acquired qualifications in Ayurvedic medicine and is working at a Primary Health Centre, Naravaripally, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District. His grievance is that no reservation in favour of local candidates is provided for under the notification. He draws parity and strength from G.O.Ms.No.41, dated 04.02.2008, through which the Government declared that the posts of Medical Officers and Lecturers in the Departments of Ayurvedic, Unani and Homeopathy of the Government shall not be treated as State-Wide posts. According to the petitioner, once the Government has treated the posts of Medical Officers and Lecturers in the said Departments as zonal posts, the same analogy ought to have been adopted by the first respondent. Heard Sri L.J.Veera Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.K.Jaya Prakash, learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent. The Presidential Order is issued in exercise of power under Article- 371-D of the Constitution of India, constituting the local cadres in the Government services. The posts are divided into District cadre, Zonal cadre and State-Wide posts, depending on their nature and importance. Generally, it is the top level posts that are treated as State-Wide posts. Through G.O.Ms.No.489, dated 16.08.1991, the posts of Medical Officers and Lecturers were treated as State-Wide posts. However, on finding that the same was opposed to the letter and spirit of the Presidential Order, the Government issued G.O.Ms.No.41, dated 04.02.2008, withdrawing G.O.Ms.No.489, dated 16.08.1991. The result is that the posts of Medical Officers and Lecturers in Ayurvedic, etc., are no longer the State-Wide posts and are constituted as zonal cadre. However, it is not in dispute that the posts in Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam are not part of the State services. The Presidential Order applies only to the posts in the State services and not in any other services. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY 17th October 2011 DR