Judgement

RANGANATHAN, J.:- The petitioner filed two petitions before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. The first petition (R.P. No. 316/77) requested the Tribunal to declare the action of the State of. Andhra Pradesh in isolating and framing the rules for the post of Lecturer in Radiological Physics and converting the non-gazetted post held by the 4th respondent Shri D. K. Subrahmanyam Reddy (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) as gazetted and in appointing the 4th respondent to the said post"; the other (R.P. 69/ 84) contained a prayer to declare the Government order by which the post of Lecturer in Radiological Physics at the Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, was upgraded to that of Professor of Radiological Physics and G.O. Ms. No. 651 dated 20-10-83, promoting the 3rd respondent (respondent 4 in the earlier petition) as Professor in Radiological Physics was arbitrary and unconstitutional. The Tribunal discussed the various points raised by the petitioner but ultimately disposed of both petitions with certain directions regarding the regularisation of and the grant of certain allowances to the petitioner. This was on 23rd April, 1984. A review petition appe