This group of writ petitions is filed against the common order dated 30.9.2011 in O.A. No.5695 of 2009 and batch passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. The cases, as per the ratio in L. Chandra Kumar v Union of India (AIR 1997 SC 1125) were heard by a Division Bench of this Court and the judgment was delivered on 27.2.2012. The two learned Judges constituting the Bench delivered two separate opinions; one learned Judge upheld the impugned order of the tribunal and the other learned Judge reversed the same. The matter is therefore listed before this Court.

Brief fact of the matter

The following short fact of the matter is not in dispute. Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (the Commission) issued a brief notification dated 30.12.2008 inviting applications online on Commission website for 217 vacancies of Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors (AMVIs) in Andhra Pradesh Transport Subordinate Service governed by the Special Rules of similar title. This one being Notification No.45 of 2008 informs that the detailed notification with (i) break-up of vacancies, (ii) scale of pay, (iii) age, (iv) community, (v) educational qualifications, and (vi) other instruc