PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, SANDEEP MEHTA
P. Rammohan Rao – Appellant
Versus
K. Srinivas – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of appointments (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 2. details of g.o.m. no. 262 (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24) |
| 3. submissions by appellants (Para 25 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31) |
| 4. submissions by private respondents (Para 27) |
| 5. discussion on seniority (Para 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48) |
| 6. outcome of the appeals (Para 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55) |
JUDGMENT :
Civil Appeals @ SLP (Civil) Nos. 4036-4038 of 2024; Civil Appeals @ SLP (Civil) Nos. 4596-4597 of 2024
2. Leave granted.
4. Facts in a nutshell relevant and essential for the disposal of these appeals are as under.
6. Since the list available with the APPSC was inadequate to fill the posts required for the project, the Chief Engineer wrote to the State Government, and in response thereof, G.O.M. No. 429, dated 6th March, 1990, was issued by the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, directing that these vacancies may be filled up from the Work Inspector/Draughtsman/Tracers who were already serving in the Panchayat Raj Department and possessed a graduation degree in E
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