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2. Srivenkat Karingula, S/o Biksham, aged about 33 years, H.No 3-2, Utlapally, Nalgonda, Telangana.

3. Surepally Kirankumar, S/o Kotaiah, aged about 26 years, H.No 3-6/'1, near Grama Panchayai Office, Ganapavaram village, Munagala Mandal, Nalgonda District, Telangana.

4. Swamy M, S/o Chinnaiah, aged about 26 years, H.No 4-91, S.C. Colony, Vaddeman, Bijinepalle, Mahabubnagar, Telangana.

5. Angidi Swapna, D/o Sammaiah, aged about 27 years, H.No 1-57 Koppuru village, Bheemadara Pally, Karimnagar, Telangana.

6. Pendyala Jyothi, S/o Shankar Rao, aged about 37 years, 3-1'1 , C/o Ragineni lVlohanarao, Penpahad Post and Mandal, Nalgonda, Telangana. AND 1 State of Telangana, rep by its Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariate, Hyderabad.

2. Telangana State Public Service Commission, represented by its Secretary, Prathibha Bhavan, M.J. Road, Nampally, Hyderabad. ....PETITIONERS ..,..RESPONDENTS Petition Under Article 226 ol the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus the action of the 2nd respondent as to the revaluation of the answer scripts of the examination held on 1111112016 and 1311112016, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the recommendations of the Technical Committee and contrary to tl-e directions issued by this Hon'ble Court in W.A.No.1525/2019 and batch, dated 31612019 and in violation of Article 14 and '16 of the Constitution of lndia and consequently, to set aside the selections done contrary to the recommendations of the Technical Committee and directions of this Hon'ble Court in W.A.No 152512019 and batch, dated 3/6/20'19 and to direct the 2nd respondent to issue fresh list at the rate of 1-3 and 1-2 for selection and for interview respectively by cancelling the results of selection list, dated 241'1012019. |.A.NO:1 OF i019 Petition Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings pursuant to Provisional Selection Notification, dated 2411012019, pr:nding disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioners : SRI G.SATYANARAYANA YADAV Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Counsel for ttre Respondent No.2 : SRI P.S.RAJASHEKAR, SC FOR TGPSC The Court ma,le the following ORDER r) HON,BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 28095 OF 2019 ORDER: Petitioners filed this Writ Petition aggrieved by the arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional action of the 2od respondent - Telangana State Public Service Commission in proceeding to undertake revaluation of answer scripts pertaining to the written examination held on 11.11.2O16 and

13. I 1.2016 for recruitment to Group II Services pursuant to Notification No. 2Ol2O15, dated 30.12.2O15 and Notilication No. 17 l2016, dated O1.O9.2O16. They seek to declare the said re- valuation as being contrary to the recommendations of the duly constituted Technical Committee, in violation of the directions issued by this Court in Writ Appeal No. 1525 of 2O18 and batch, dated 03.O6.2O19, and further as being violative o[ Articles 14 and t6 of the Constitution of India. Pelitioners, therefore, pray that provisional selection notification dated 24.10.2019 be set aside, and a direction be issued to the 2"d respondent to prepare a fresh list of candidates in the ratio of 1:3 for certificate verification and 1:2 for interviews in accordance u,ith the binding directions of this Court. )

2. Heard Sri G. Sat5ranarayana yadav, Iearned counsel for petitioners and Sri p.S. Rajashekar, learned Standing Counsr:l for TGPSC.

3. This Court in Writ petition No. 268g3 and 24322 of 20 19 a.rising out of the subject notifications, considered the issue in detail arrd held that the 2nd Respondent had violated the lettr:r and spirit of the Division Bench's judgment and acted beyond its lawful powers- Its actions have resulted in manifest injusticr: to petitioners, who abided by the rules and were entitled to fair consideration. In conclusion, this Court held that re-evaluation and publication of results by ths 2.,a Respondent through Notification dated 24.ro.2o19 are vitiated by arbitrariness, illegality and non_compliance with judicial directions. lnclusion of candidates, who have tampered part_B of OMF: answer sheets is declared illegal, void and unconsti rurional. Accordingly, both the Writ petitions are allowed todav.

4. In the light of the same, this Writ petition is also allowed. '[he impugned action of the 2"d respondent_TGpSC is set aside The 2"a respondent is directed to re_evaluate and finalize the sclection strictly in accordance with the directions issued by the Division Bench in Writ Appeal .No. 1525 of 201g and the r ecommendations of the Technical Committee dated J O9.O3.2O17, and to issue appointment orders to the eligible candidates within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The 2"d respondent is further directed to ensure,

4.1. henceforth, that evaluation of OMR sheets in all the recruitments is conducted in strict conformity with the notilied instructions, and that adequate transparency measures, including physical veril-rcation, videography, and record preservation, are implemented to prevent recurrence of such irregularities. No costs.

5. Consequently, Miscellaneous Applications, if any shall stand closed. S - M.JAWAHAR REDDY SISTANT REGISTRAR I ---7 //TRUE COPYII ECTION OFFICER p The Principal Secreta ry, General Administration State of Telangana at Hyderabad. The Secretary, Telangana State Public Service Co Bhavan, M.J. Road, Nampally, Hyderabad. Two CCs to GP FO R GENERAL ADMINISTRATION , High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [O UT] One CC to SRI G SAryANA RAYANA YADAV, Advocate loPUCl One C to SRI P.S RAJASHE KAR SC FOR TGPSC , Advocate (OPUC) Two CD Copies sion, Prathibha t, Secretariate, To 1 2 3 4 6 SA PSK t. .\ HEST4 ( j'?3J41t2026 z. * * HIGH COURT DATED:1811112025 ORDER WP.No.28r095 of 2019 ALLOWING THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS. Jv \