District, A.P v. Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
Case at a glance
Outcome
Dismissed
petition is dismissed with liberty to pursue the exclusive remedy
Provisions considered
- Constitution of India arts. 14, 226
- Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 s. 15
Judgment
Cause title
PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM
WRIT PETITION NO : 888 of 2009 Between: Perikala Daniel S/o. Prakasa Rao R/o. D.No.5-25-16/4, Jayaprakash Nagar, Ithanagar, Tenali, Guntur District, A.P. ..... PETITIONER
AND 1 The Chairman, State Level Police Recruitment Board, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Director General Of Police, 1st Floor, O/o. The DGP, Administration Branch, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. .....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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, declaring Rc.No.671/R&T/Genl.1/2008, dt. 30.12.2008 is the eual competition test between the uneual age group people is arbitrary, illegal, unjustifiable, against the principles of natural justice and violative of Art. 14 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to give 5 minutes extra time i.e., total 30 minutes to the Ex-Servicemen to complete 5Kms. in the preliminary selection test and also one minue extra time i.e., total 260 seconds for the 5th item in the physical efficiency test for the Ex- servicemen to complete 800 Mtrs. for the recruitment of Sub-Inspector of Police and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SRI.GAJULAVENKATESWARA SAI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following :
ORAL ORDER:
Operative part
The writ petition is not maintainable as the petitioner challenges a notification dt. 30.12.2008 issued by the State Level Recruitment Board. In the context of the petitioner being an applicant for recruitment to the post of Sub-inspector, the petitioner should in the first instance approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal under Section 15 of the Administrative Tribunals Act 1985. In view of the Judgment of the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court in L.Chandra Kumar vs. Union of India (AIR 1997 SC 1125) the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to pursue the exclusive remedy. No order as to costs. ____________________ RAGHURAM,J 30.7.2009. KRB. GODA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 888 of 2009 Dated: 30.7.2009.
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: petition is dismissed with liberty to pursue the exclusive remedy
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Constitution of India — arts. 14, 226; Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 — s. 15.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Andhra Pradesh High Court, on 30 Jul 2009. The bench was GODA RAGHURAM.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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