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5. The Director General of police, State of Telangana, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad 6. Dongari.srinivasa Rao, S/o saidaiah Aged about 43 years, occ sr-civir fri"'olr (under suspengigl), R/o. Bethavoie p5aa ;nd- viriige Suryapet District, (Natgonda) _SOB2O4 -c'hiruil;

7. Vempati Nageshwara Rao, S/o pedda Laxmaiah Aged about 41 years. Occ S I -Civit (u nder susoensio n), R/o MadhivJg rt", Viiri g" ko"o"piiJ.." p-"".t chilukur'Mandalsuryapet6i"trjclir.iirgbrd;'i_t"d8zoa 8' Vempati Venkateswarru, .s/o Nageswer Rao Aged about 44 years, occ sr- civit (under suspension), nvo "naaanivigudl,i-viirig" roniiillbi--po'dt Chilukur Mandat Suryapei District (ffaigond"a) {OaZOa 9 Sriram Linga Rao, s/o Guruvaiah Aged about 40 years, occ sr-civir (under -lfrifo.rl 'Sril;i suspension), R/o Ramachandrana[ar Vittage Cniluiui District, (Nalgonda) -508206 '10. Sriram Chinna Gopala Krishna, S/o Narsaiah Aged about 41 Years, Occ Sl- Civil (under suspension) R/o Kondapuram Village Chilukuru Mandal Suryapet District (Nalgonda)-508204 ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewit|t, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Wrrl, Order or Direction particularly one in the nature of lVrit of Mandamus declaring the impugned action of the Respondents in not concluding the disciplinary proceedings against the unofficial respondents 6 to 10 and continuing them under suspension pending disciplinary proceedings initiated against them in October 2013 on charges of securing selection through malpractice and lmpersonation on the ground of pending criminal case thereby denying the Petitioners of their right to be considered to the post of Sub lnspector (Civil) as per their merit as being next meritorious in the selection under Notification RC No. '165/R & T/Genl.'l12008 dated 06/06/2008; issued by united Andhra Pradesh as illegal, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14, 16 of the Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the Respondents '1 and 5 to conclude the departmental proceedings against Respondents 6 to 10 as expeditiously as possible and in the event of them being terminated/cancellation of their selection, consider the cases of the Petitioners to the post of Sub lnspector (Civil) as per their eligibility and merit under Notification No. RC No. 165/R & T/Genl.1/2008 dated 28.03.2008 with all consequential benefits. IA NO:1OF 2022 Petition under Section 1 51 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to conclude the departmental proceedings against Respondents 6 to .10 in respect of charges relating to obtaining employment through fraud and impersonation under Notification No. RC No. 1 65/R&T/Genl .1 12008 dated 06.06.2008. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI ALLIKA SURESH Counsel for the Respondent No.1 to 5: GP FOR SERVICES (HOME) The Court made the following: ORDER --7 HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PETITION No.19 660 0F 2 o22 ORD ER: Heard Sri Allika Suresh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 5. 2 The Detitioners aDDroa ched th Court s ekinq oraver asu nder: "...to issue a Writ, Order or Oirection particularly one in the nature of Writ of ttTt?lhdamus declaring the impugned action of the Respondents in not concluding the disciplinary proceedings against the unofficial respondents 6 to 10 and continuing them under suspension pending disciplinary proceedings initiated against them in October 2013 on charges of securing selection through malpractice and lmpersonation on the ground of pending criminal case thereby denying the Petitioners of their right to be considered to the post of Sub lnspector (Civil) as per their merit as being next meritorious in the selection under Notification RC' No 165/R and T/Genl 1/2008 .dated 06/06/2008 issued by united Andhra Pradesh as illegal, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14, 16 of the Constitulion of lndia and consequently direct the Respondents 1 and 5 to conclude the departmental proceedings against Respondents 6 to 1O as expeditiously as possible and in the event of them being terminated/cancellation of their selection consider the cases of the Petitioners to the post of Sub lnspector (Civil) as per their eligibility and merit under Notification No RC No '165/R and 2 SN, J T/Genl 1,/2008, dated 06.06.2008 with all consequential benefits and pass .." It is specific case of the petitioners that the petitioners 3. were appointed as deputy jailors through the recruitment notification vide RC No. 165/R&T/Genl.1/2008 dated 06'06.2008. Thereafter unofficial respondents 6 to 10 were suspended from the post of sub-inspector of police (Civil) on the ground of fraud and impersonation and disciplinary proceedings were initiated against them, however, the same disciplinary proceedings are still pending et the initial stage itself. It is the specific case of the petitioners that they are the next meritorious candidates, if the unofficial respondent Nos.6 to 10 candidatures are cancelled, the petitioner''s herein would be eligible for the post of Sub inspector oF police (Civil). The petitioners have made representation to disciplinary authority to conclude the disciplinary proceedings, however, the said representations were rejected. Agg.ieved by the same, the petitioners preferred this writ petition. 4, The limited relief sought for by the petitioners in the present Writ Petition is a direction to the official respondents herein to conclude the disciplinary \ ,// -7 SN, J proceedings initiated against the Unofficial respondent Nos. 6 to 10 against whom the disciplinary proceedings had been initiated vide proceedings R.O.N 0.630/2OLg, . RO.No.97lDL-5/HR/2OL1-13, dated 01.O8.2013 of the Deputy Inspector General of police, Hyderabad Range, Hyderabad.

5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that the petitioners had been denied promotions to the post of Sub fnspector of police (Civil) as per their eligibility due to inaction of the respondents in concluding the disciplinary proceedings against the unofficial respondent Nos. 6 to 1O herein and continuing them under suspension pending disciplinary proceedings initiated against them in October, 2Ol3 on charges of securing selection through malpractice and impersonation on the ground of pending criminal case, thereby denying the petitioners' tegitimate right to be considered to the post of Sub Inspector of police (Civil) as per petitioners, merit since the petitioners are next meritorious candidates in the setection held under notification \ ,1 5SN. J Rc.No.165,/R&T /Gen.t/2OO8, dated 06.06.2008 issued by United Andhra Pradesh.

6. Learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 5 submits that the grievance of the petitioners had been reported to the official respondents way back in the year 2017 and at this stage, the present relief as sought for by the petitioners in the present Writ Petition cannot be granted unless the petitioners put-forth their grievance afresh again in fresh representations to the official respondents. 7 Learned counse! appearing on behalf of the petitioners does not dispute the said submission made by the learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) appearing on behalf of the respondents. a. Tak tn ot nto consideration:- a) The aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case. b) The submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 5. I I l SN, J c) The proceedings R.O.No.530/2O13, RO'No;97lD1- 5lHR/zOLt-13, dated O1.O8.2013 of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad Range, Hyd'erabad' d) The contents of the various representations of the petitioners pertaining to the year 2Ol7' The Writ Petition is disposed of directing the petitioners to submat fresh representations to official respondent Nos. 2 to 5 herein putting-forth the grievance as put-forth vide petitioners'earlier representations in the year 2OL7 seeking conclusion of disciplinary proceedings initiated against the unofficial respondent Nos'6 to 1O vide proceedings, dated 01.08'2OL3' which had been pending as on date, within a period of two (O2) weeks from the date of receipt of copy the order and upon the official respondent Nos'2 to 5 receiving the said representations from the petitioners, the official respondent Nos.2 to 5 are directed to consider the same within four (04) weeks thereafter by initiating necessary action expeditiously in accordance to law and duly communicatethedecisionandalsotheactioninitiatedon 6 SN. J the said representations to the petitioners. However, there shal! be no order as to costs. Miscellareous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition, shall :;tand closed. //TRUE COPY// sD/- v.KAy|THA DEPUTY REGI$TRAR \ \, \\_/ SECTION OF FICER To,

1. The Principal secreary, Home (General) Department, secretariat, Hyderabad, State of Telangana

2. The principal secretary, Home (Prisons) Department, secretariat, Hyderabad, State of Telangana

3. The chief Secretary, General Administration Department, secretariat, Hyderabad, State of Telangana'

4. The chairman, Telangana state Level Police Recruitment Board, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad

5. The Director General of Police, State of Telangana, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad 6. One CC to SRI ALLIKA SURESH, Advocate [OPUC] T.TwoCCstoGPFORSERVICES(HOME),HighCourtfortheStateof Telangana at HYderabad [OUIJ

8. Two CD CoPies BSR PSK HIGH COURT DATED:0310412025 ORDER WP.No.19660 ot 2022 CC TODAY E STAI€ c 17 rPf 20[ ) ,( \- ) i, Ir ':ti DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS \\