The High Court · 2025

Order

Heard Sri Bokara Sapna Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Assistant Government pteader for Home, appearing behalf of respondents.

2. Th titi erf ed w t e fol lowinq rel ief : "... to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 4th respondent ln passing the impugned orders in D. O. No.168/2008, dated 24/07/2OOB, wherern removed the petitioner from the rolls of Home Guards Organization without following due procedure contemplated under law as illegal. improper, unjust, arbitrary, contrary to law and also violation of principles of natural justice and set aside the same by further directing the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in to service as Home Guard and pass. . . ".

3. The case of the petitioner in brief, is that the petitioner was enrolled as Home Guard vide D.O.No.64106, dated 30.72.2O0G and while discharging his duties the petitioner was absent for a period ot three months due to his health condition. ,r. 2 SN. J N ' lt 150 2022 However, l.lre -espondent No.4 removed the petiticne' from the rolls of proced u r e llorne Guards Organization withct.tt 'ollcwing due contemplated under law 'ride p -c ceedings D.O.No..63/t)Fi, dated 24.07.2008. The petitiont:r aprroached the A.P. l\d11 nistrative Tribunal and the APAT set ;rside the removal,/t€ rrr irration orders and directed thr: rr:spc,ndents to reinstat(: 1-he petitioner into service. Thereafte' tl- e Division Bench oI this r]ourt vide its judgment dated 07.0!).2011 in W.P. No. 28875 r:f 2010 upheld the orders of APAT. Ho,v3ver, the petition€:r is 1()t reinstated into service. Aggrievec by the action of the z-th res:ondent in passing the impugned ,lrde'r:; in D.O. No.168/2C08, dated 24.07.2008, the petitionr:r apprrlerched the Court b1' f lin 3 the present writ petition.

4. PERUSE:D THE RD (a) Ilr@iliqncl it;sued bv the 4th respqndent vide No. 446lA2lHGs.Hvd/2Cl 6, dated 03.O1. ?Opjr- i s extracted hereunder: Government of Telangana (Police Department) .) Tlce of the Comnrandarrt llO nte G ua rds, Hyd r:r a bad City, Date:0:1.()1,;lCr07 No.446l/\2 /H(;s. Hyd/2006. 3 SN, J wP 43150 2022 Sub: H EM RA DUM ome Guards Organization Hyderabad City _ Enrollment Home Guard - Orders issued - Reg. You have been selected for the enrolment as Home Guard in the Hyderabad City, vide DO No:64106, Oated: 3O_tZ_iOOO and you wilt be allotted with Home Guards General No:HG7101 : Yo-u are hereby directed to report to this office on !7_07_2OO7 F/N at Old Commissioner of police'Office purani Haveli, Hyderabad along with your originar certificates etc.. withoui iair to undergo basic training course commencing from 24-or-2oo7 ui saa cpl parade Grounds, Amberpet Hyderabad. your enrolmeni is provisional subject to the verification of your antecedents & outcome of medical fitness examination, failing which your enrolment orders will be cancelled. TA&DA arrangements will not be paid. you should make your own sd/- Commandant Home guards, (PIo), HGo, Hyd., City.

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21.06.2008 Begumpet wps 24_O2 DISCUS ION AND oNc USION:- a b fth re a f t t d r on th Detitioner wh o had removed from the rolls Ho e u WI n e t 6 remainei.-EJ,sent for almost'90 that they_-h ad not attended SN. .I uP 41150 2022 fiJ13: oround a rad e( luti es W.P.No.1249 ol 2 1 tch vide .t rde r of the Divisio Benr:h of his Court, dated 24.04.201 2 The re leva t Dortion of common order dated

24.04.29.19lassed bv Division B Cou r't in W.P. Nos. 12497-!rf 2O18 and batch is extracted hereuader: r irecte e Guard r. the o tm u pa-as€l- bv the respo ndents are set a side ar!d the ro ners instat IEEP9I! den s subiect to their ohvsical fitness. as-!l-aln q anv etitioners are not entitl and rrears this C'r-urt in ntinui Le_nefit: sf--pay-bv virtue of the orde !UP.-N-a s .35460 /2O13 and batch. \Mith the above observat rons, all thr:. writ tlsur€vc t pe'lltions are allowed. No order as to costs'

6. l'hr: lr:arned standing counsel appearing or btrl-alf of the responclents rloes not dispute the said fact, but co rtends that there rad h,een delay on the part of the pel it ioners in approa(:h ng l:his Court since subject issue p':rtain:; r:c' the year

2008. 7 SN, J wP 43t50 2022

7. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner however submits that the said order of the Division Bench is followed by this Court in W.p. (TR) No.173 of 2017, dated 21.06.2077 and also the orders dated 08.06.2O18 passed in W.p. No.35640 of 2013 and batch, and order dated 17.08.2018 passed in W.P. No. 2942I of 2018 and therefore the petitioner herein is also entifled for the similar relief since the impugned order was passed without giving any opportunity to the petitioner therein in terms of the Rure 7 (4) of the Madras Home Guards and therefore, the impugned order is to be set aside and the respondents are to be directed to reinstate the petitioner into service without any benefits in relation to their past service including seniority, continuity of service and attendant benefits. T A c e men re din o22 SCC OnlineSC2 32 in Sunil umar Rai & Others f Bih t.2 .o2.2 22 & Par 7 Vs. S te 11 er: Para 7: Article 32 of the Constitution provides for a Fundamental Right to approach the Supreme Court For enforcement of the Fundamental Rights. The Founding fathers contemplated that the very right to approach this Court when there is a violation of Fundamental Rights, should be declared as beyond the reach of parliamentind, therefore, it is as a part of judicial review that the right 8 SN. .I I ,lt 150 2022 un(ler Art cle 32 has been put in place and inv()ked 1'rom time 1-o tirne. That in a given case, the Court may rrlf rs e to enter':a r a petition under Article 32 of the 'lon:;titul i(rn is solrll\, il part of self-restraint which is exercist:d t y the Court hit,"'ing regard to various considerations witit h are germln( to the interest of justice as alsc the Spllrc,prial.eness of the Court to lnterfere n a pari ir:ular case, The right under Article 32 of the Constitutic n r€ n ains a I'undantental Rlght and it is always operl to a {lrerson cornplarrti-rg of violition of Fundamental Rights to ap1 'rcach thi'; ,lloL 11:. This is, no doubt, subject to th€ po'ruer l'' the CoJrt. to relegate the party to other proceedirtgs. Para 8 At the heart of the Constitution lies ( ertain principle s which have, in fact, been recognlsed as 1:'art of the: basi: structure. Article 14 of the Constittltior prc'laims right trt oquality. The rlght against unfair Stat': ac i()n is pu t of Article 14. Unequals being treat ed equ ll y is taboced under Article 14 of the Constitution A )orson entit ed to be treated as a member of Sr:heculec fribe under Arl.icle 342, cannot be treated on par witr il :)(lrson :;tate wl-ro is ltrought in by an incompetent Body, viz ' tn€ in the rranner done. Article 21 of the Constltuti')n a Sirin is thr: 'o.r r1.ain head of many rights which are Ptart of the grnnC nrandate which has been from tim(: tc time Jnravei ed by this Court giving rise to the the'lry of uner urr erated rights under the Constitution While licerty is a dyrtamic concept capable of encompasr;lng w tt irl it a varie:ty' of Rights, the irreducible minimum and at tl e very core o'lilterty, is freedom from unjustifiable custody 1Cr. We.nay take up the first preliminary objection by the Stat3, lamely, that the petitioners have approach:l(l this Court u'it:h considerable delay. The impugned Notific ltion is ls:;ur:d irr August, 2016. A person cannot be satd -o be aggrieveJ me?ely upon the issuance of an lnstrtlmerrt or of a-ll ,v try itself. In fact, the Court may refLise lo e <itmine the legality or the validity of a law or order 01 :hrl basis that lrt may have no locus standi or that her is n rt an arlgrieveC person. No doubt, the Courts have re:coqnized .iiJtt"n3,, to even a legislation at the hands of a :ublic interesl. itigant. However, we may only indi.ate, ortlirtarily, the Corrrt may insist on a cause of action end l.hert f'lre, a person ntust be an aggrieved party to maintain tt chi'rllenge' We mlst not be obllvious to the fact thai based on the Notlficzt on, it appears that FIRS came to be lod3r:d by 9 SN, J wP 431s0 2022 persons claiming to be members of the Schedul ed Tribe community and seeking to invoke the 19g9 Act. The FIRs lodged in the year 2020 occasioned the petitioners to approach Courts seeki ng protection under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. Two of th e petitioners have not secured such protection. Petitioner No. 1, it appears was not arrested. But even assuming for a moment, that the petitioners have come with some delay, we find reassurdnce from the opinion of this Court in the judgment reported in Assam anm ita 207 CC1 wherein this Court has inter alia held as follows: ha v. Union f Indi n 3 Municipa I Corpn., II 2 least whe n it co h If s t n n m Co mes to violati ons of o o e CI Bombay h a b the frr da me ntal

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8. As per the observations of the Apex Court in the above said judgment, this Court opines that delay or laches by itself would not be sufficient to shut the doors of the Court on the petitioner herein and duly taking into consideration the submissions of the tearned counset appearing on beharf of the petitioner that the subject issue is squarery covered by the order dated Lg.Lz.zo2g passed in W.p. No. 26922 of 2023, which is not disputed by the learned Assistant Government pleader for Home, 10 SN, .I $ P 43150 1022 appearing on Court unde:r behalf of respondents, whereu nd'er this similar circumstances directe'C the thereunder to reinstate the p€)tlitioners respon d e nts thereunrler as Home Guards subject to their physical fitness with a clear observation that the p(rtitioners thereunder however are not entitled to any benefit of continuityc,fservice,seniorityandarrearsol'payby virtue of ther orders of this Court in W'P'No'3546Gt of 203 & batch. This C)ou rt opines that petationer herein is also entitled tn respect of 9 for similar relief as granted by this Court petitioners 'ride its judgment, dated 19'12'2023 passed in W.P.No.26922 ot 2023. 1O. fErkin!'linto consideration: (a) T'he aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, (b) l'he submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Assistant (;overnment Pleader for Home, 'appe'rring on I I i behalf of resPondents, 1l SN, J wp 43150 2022 (c) The observations of the Apex Court reported in 2022 SCC Online SC 232 in Sunil Kumar Rai & Others Vs. State of Bihar & Others dt.21.02.2022 at paras 7, g, LO, 11 (referred to and extracted above), (d) The Common Order dated 24.04.2019 passed in W.P. Nos. L2497 of 2O18 and batch passed by the Division Bench of this Court (referred to and extracted above), (e) The Judgment of The State of Andhra pradesh Vs. P. Prasad Rao reported in 2O12 (1) ALD 76 (DB), (f) The order dated 21.O6.2017 passed by this Court in W.P. (TR) No.173 of 20J-7, (S) The order dated O8.O6.2018 passed by this Court in W.P. No.3546O of 2O13, (h) The order dated 17.08.2018 passed by this I Court in W.P. No.294ZL ot ZOLB, (i) The order, dated L9.LZ.2O2Z passed in I I W.P.No.26922 of 2023. The writ petition is allowed. The impugned proceedings issued by the respondent No.4 vide D.O.No.168/2OO8, dated 24.O7.2OOa in so far as the ', i I i I i I 12 SN. ] r P .11 lio 2022 petitioner is <:oncerned is set aside, the respondents are directed to consider the request of the petitiorrer for reinstatemelrl: of the petitioner as Home Guard' r'rrithin a period of thrr:e (3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance to law, in ccnformity with princiolles of natural justice by providing an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitiorrer' duly taking into consideration the judgments of this Court in similarcircttrnstances(referredtoandextractedabove) and pass a;rpropriate orders and duly communi<;ate the decision on the subiect issue to the petitioner' However' there shall tttl no order as to costs' The mi;(:ellaneous applications, pending if arry, ';hall closed. //TRUE COPY// SD/-K.BIlIWANI SWAMY AQSI$TAt{1 REGISTRAR \ '.. - SECTION OFFICER To 1 2 4 5 6 7 PSK. GJP The Pr . Sie:'e tary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings' l-lyderabad' State of 1 etz t Jana -22. ;;; A;oi tl i lior-cEn"r.al of Police, Home Guards Telangi'na State' Hvdera beLd iilE"i,,il'ii=, oner of Police, Hyderabad City, Hyderabad ffi il;;.;; Gni, uo*" c,l,i6s, Hvderabad citv Hvd':rab rr! o;;;:1' ; t'i i-ebKAno sAFtlA R-EDDY, Advo^cate [oPU()] Yil E,j.i,, cF FoCHOrrlte,'High courttorthe state o1'Telrr,gana, at Hyderabad. [lfUT] Two CI tlopir:s ( l. HIGH COURl' DATED:24 !0412025 i I I I l : I i I ORDER WP.No.431Stl of 2022 OrC TODAY z=,^1 e')i HES 14 -4 /,s,,1\) jIJUN 2025 z (-tt "-::-::r:;!i-_- ALLOWING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS t o N^(tr \;D