( 1 ) THE petitioner, a member of the Andhra Pradesh Engineering Service, has filed this Writ petition for the issue" of a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ directing the respondents not to proceed with the inquiry initiated against him pursuant to G. O. Ms. No. 1074 P. W. D. , dated 9th August, 1971 and to further direct the respondents to give him posting orders in accordance with the judgment of this court in W. P. No. 1057 of 1963 and batch dated 23rd February, 1968.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of the writ petitions are these: The petitioner is a graduate in Engineering. He joined in the Engineering Service of the erstwhile government of Hyderabad in 1949 as a graduate supervisor. In 1954, he went on study leave to the United States of America and obtained M. S. degree in civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1955. On his return from study leave, he Was allotted to the State of Andhra Pradesh. In january, 1958, he was promoted as an assistant Engineer. As he was given a reduced scale of pay admissible to the assistant Engineers of Andhra Cadre, he filed W. P. No. 767 of 1962 which was dismissed by this Court observin

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