High Court · 2025

Judgment

1. 2. The Proiect Director (ICDS)' lrlahabubnaga r District 3. The Child DeveloPment Mahabubnagar District District Women Child, DeveloPment' project officer, ICDS, BijnePallY Mandal' ,..RESPONDENTS

PetitionunderArticle226oflheConstitutionoflndiaprayingthatinthe circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith' the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction and more particularly one in thenature of writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to set aside the selection process initiated by the respondents for the post of Anganwadi workers in Latpally village of Biinepally Mandal, Mahabubnagar District since the wrif;en Examinations were conducted without disclosing the syllabus and with a lot of iregularities and any select.ron made through erroneous process wourd seriously affect the fair chance of deserving candidates apart from depriving the Government and the society the services of the qualified suitable and eligible candidates' l.A. NO:10 F 20070NPMP. NO:1 1420 0F 2007) Petition under section 15i cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to stay the interview process being initiated by the respondents for the post of Anganwadi workers in Latpafly viflage of Bijnepafly Mandar, Mahabubnagar District since the interviews are going to be conducted on the basis of marks obtained in the wriften Examination conducted on 4.3.2007 without disclosing the syllabus and committing severar irregurarities which wourd vitiate the fair serection process the detriment of deserving candidates pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the petitioner : SRt KRTSHNA KTSHORE KOWURT Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.K.MANI DEEPIKA, GP FOR WOMEN DEV, CHILD WELFARE The Court made the following: ORDER i I I 1 i I I I I I i i I I () TH H ,B ES E NAM v RAP ESH I w o N 9 F2 ORDER This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief: "Io 6sue a writ, order or direction and more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to set aside the selection process initiated by the respondents for the post of Anganwadi Workers in Latpalty Viltage of Biinepatty Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, since the Written Examinations were anducted without disctosing the syltabus and with a lot of irregularities and any selection made through erroneous process woutd seriousty affect the fair chance of deserving candidates apart frcm depriving the Government and the Society the services of the qualified suitable and eligible candidates."

2. Heard Sri Krishna Kishore Kovvuri, leamed counsel for the petitioner and Smt. K. Mani Deepika, learned Government Pleader for Women Development and Child Welfare, appearing for the respondents' Perused the materia I on record '

3. The brief Facts of the case are that the petitioner belongs to the BC-D community, comes from a poor family, and has studied up to S'S'C' She registered her name with the Employment Exchange in the year 1999 and has been earnestly seeking gainful employment ever since' 2 The petitioner worked as a vidya Vorunteer in the upper primary schoor at Latpally Village. In response to a notification issued by the respondents in 2003 for the post of Anganwadi Worker, the petitioner applied but was not selected despite h er relevant teaching experience. Alleging irregularities in the selection process, she filed W.p.No.22964 of 2004 before this Court. During the pe ndency of the said writ petition, the respondents issued a fresh notification on 24.1o.2006 ca llin g fo r applications for the same post. The petitioner apptied again and an acknowledgment dated 27.tO.2006. The scheduted for 04.03.2007 at Zilla parishad High School for Boys, Nagarkurnool. However, the resp ondents failed to provide any information regarding the syllabus or scope of the examination, despite a written representation dated ZB.O2.2OO7 submitted by the petitioner seeking such details. Additionally. the examination venue was changed at the last minute without prior notice. The petitioner was awarded 39 marks in the written examination, and interviews scheduled based on those marks. The petiti submitted another representa tion da ted 70.03.2007 requesting However, tiil date, the respondents have neither acc the said representations. Aggrieved by the same. the present Writ petition. re-exam ination of the examination petitioner filed the written examination epted nor rejected received papers \\

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that appropriate directions be issued to the respondents to consider the representations i I odared 28.02.2007 and 10.03.2007, and pass appropriate orders in 3 1 accordance with law.

5. Learned Government Pleader for Women Development and Child Welfare, appearing for the respondents, placed on record a copy of the written instructions wherein it is stated that all the AWT posts und€r Lattupally GP were already filled up and all the AWTs are working and there is no vacancy available in the AWCs of Lattupally GP'

6. Taking into consideration the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, without going into the merits of the case, this writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent authorities to consider the petitioner's representations dated 28 '02 '2007 and 10.03.2007 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed S -8. REKHA RANI NT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// S CTION OFFICER To, Mahabubnagar lJlstrlct '1. The District Collector, Mahabubnagar District 2. The Project Director (ICDS)' District Women Child' Development' 3. The Child Development proiect officer' ICDS' Bijnepally Mandal' 4. One CC to SRI KRISHNA KISHORE KOWURI' Advocate tOPUCl Mahabubnagar District 1

5. Two CCs to GP FOR WOMEN DEV, CHILD WELFARE, High Court for the State of Telangana. [OUT] b Two CD Copies w BSK LS I ] I I I , I I I l HIGH COURT \ I o/AtED:1310812025 ORDER WP.No.8923 ot 2007 \ \ -4=::=-'-\- ,l'.";.t:-': S,ill.)f (:. 21 s{P mfr _) .l l, r J:2' -t .?r DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS el! ".d