High Court · 2022

3. Sri. A. Hari Krishna, S/o A. Baswaiah, Age.47 Yrs, Occ. lt/andal Agricultural Officer, Armoor Mandal O/o The Asst. Director of Agriculture (R), Armoor, Nizamabad Dist.

4. Sri. P. Vasudeva Reddy, S/o P. Raji Reddy, Age. 46 Yrs, Occ. lVlandal Agricultural Officer, Regonda lVlandal, O/o The Asst. Director of Agriculture (R), Bhupalapally, Jayashanikar Bhupalapally Dist.

5. Sri. I\/. Pavan Kumar, S/o M. Krishna Murthy ,Age. 45 Yrs, Occ. Mandal Agricultural Officer,Kamareddy tVandal O/o The Asst. Director of Agriculture (R), Kamareddy, Kamareddy Dist.

6. Sri. B. Srikanth, S/o B. Narayana , Age. 38 Yrs, Occ. lt4andal Agricultural Officer, lndalwai lr,4andal, O/o The Asst. Director of Agriculture (R), Nizamabad Rural, Nizamabad Dist.

7. Sri. A. E. Kamal Kumar, S/o Emmanuel Age. 45 Yrs, Occ- Mandal Agricultural Officer, Thimmajipet Mandal, O/o The Asst. Director of Agriculture (R), Nagar Kurnool, Nagar Kurnool Dist. B. Sri. M. Siva, S/o [vl. Lakshmanna , Age. 37 Yrs, Occ. Agricultural Officer, O/o The District Agriculture Officer, Nagar Kurnool, Nagar Kumool Dist. AND 1 2 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its A.P.C and Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Co- Operation Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad- The Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Telangana, O/o C & D.A., Opp. L. B Stadium, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. ...PETITIONERS ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the ctrcumstances stated in the aff idavit filed therewith ' the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order, or Direction' more particularly one in nature of Writ of lVlandamus declaring the inaction of Respondents in taping steps to consider and dispose ot representations of the Petitioners herein dated on 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025, 24.O52025' 17 07 2025 and 17'O7 2025 respectively as Respondents herein to bad in law and illegal and consequently direct the 19 .06 .2025, 24 05 .2025, adjudicate the representations dated on 16'o6 2025' 17.07.2025and17'oT.2025respectivelyofthePetitionersbytakingintoaccount the Ratio laid down by the Supreme Court of lndia in Bimlesh Tanwar Vs State of Haryana and Ors dated 10 tr'4a rch 2003 reported in AIR 2003 Supreme Court 2000forfixinglnterSeseniorityofthePetitionersintheCadreofAgricultural Honble High Court ,HYderabad in the Officers under the Respondents by the lnterest of Justice IANO:1O F 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated intheaffidavitfiledinSupportofthepetition,theHighCourtmaybepleasedto restrain the Respondents herein from going ahead with promotions in the Cadre of Agricultural Officers based on Rota/Quota(Roster) in pursuance of lvlemo No A(2)4412022, Dated 12 September 2022 and Memo No 8(2)1512022' Daled 12 September 2022 issued by the Respondent No 2 pending disposal of the representations of the Petitioners, pending disposal of the W P in the lnterest of Justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI B'SUDHAKAR REDDY' REP' FOR SRI B.LOKESHWAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES-II The Court made the following: ORDER i I I I I I I I I I I 1 i i t I i i I ! I I I I I l I i I I l l ' -ffiy.\^/ .,:ti.:: . -/ THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No,25218 OF 2o25 ORDER: With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is being disposed of at the admission stage itseif.

2. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief: ". . . fo is-sue o Writ, Order, or Drection, nlore porticutartlJ one tn nature of Wr[t oJ Mandamus dectaing the inactton of Respondents in taping steps to consider and dispose of representatiotLs o.f the Petttioners herein doted on 16.06.2O25, 19.06.2025, 24.05.202{; & 17.07.2025 respectiueLA qs bad in lanu qnd illegal and consequentlg direct the Respondents herein to adjudicate the representations daLed ort 16.O6.2025, 19.06.2025,24.05.2025 & 17.O7.2O25 respectiueLg of the Petitioners bg taking into clccount the Ratio laid doun .by the Supreme Court of India itl Brnlesh Tantuar Vs State of HaryanT ond Ors dated: 1O Mqrch 2OO3 repofted in AlR 20O3 Supreme Court 2A0O Jbr fixing Inter Se Seniontg of the Petttioners in lhe Cadre of Agricultural Officers under tlle Respotldents bll'the Hon'ble High Court, Hgderabatl in the lnterest of Justice and pass..." 3, Heard Sri ts. Sudhakar Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri B. Lokeshwar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Services-ll appearing for the respondents.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed as Agricultural Officers in the years 20O9 and 2012, and since the date of their o appointment, the respondents have not prepared seniority list ti1l the yeer 2021. However, the respondents prepared a provisional inter-se seniorit5r list uide Merno No.B(2ll1 l2022 dated I 2.Og.2022. on thc basis o[ rosjlcr poinLs rather tlran rrerit. As such, the petitioners submitted representations to Llre respondents on 24.O5.2O25, It.06.2O2S, 16.06.2025, 19 .06.2025 and 17 .07 .2025 rcqucsting to revise the provisional inter-se seniority list Catcd 12.09.2022 as per merit. Hourever, no action has been takcn by thc respondcnts so far. 'I'herefore, learned counsel prays this Court to direct the respondents to consider the representations of the petitiorrcrs arrd pass appr upriate orders. rvithin a sripulal.ecl period of tirne.

5. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that the respondents have prepared the provisional inter-se seniority list dated 12.O9.2022 in accordance with law. However, the respondents will consider the representations of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders, ir-r accordance u,ith lanrr. 3 6, Having regard to the submissions made by learned counsel for the respective parties and without going into the merits of the case, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to pass appropriate orders on the representations submitted by the petitioners on 24.O5.2025, 7 7.06.2025, 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025 and 17 .O7 .2025, strictly in accordance with 1aw, AS expeditiously AS po ssible, preferably within a period of three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate a copy of the same to the petitioners. Miscellaleous petitions pending, if aly, shall stand closed. There sha-il be no order as to costs. SD/.N. SRIHARI EPUTY REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// t To, ure and Co- OPeration 1. The A.P.C and PrinciPal SecretarY, Agri Department , Telangana Secretariat, HYde rabad 2 The Director of Ag riculture, DePa rtment of Agriculture, Telangana' O/o C & 3. One CC to SRI B LOKESHWAR REDDY, Advocate [OPUCI 4.7 wo CCs to GP FO R SERVICES-Il, High Court for the State of Telangana at D.A.,OPP.L BStadium, Basheerb agh, HYderabad Hyderabad [OUT]

5. Two CD CoPies BSR BS M/ HIGH COURT DATE D:2610812025 n CC TODAY o ( * FIE S 1 2 B AUB 2OU5 * \) ORDER WP.No.25218 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS 1 $