N. Ramesh Kumar, IAS, S/o. Late Ravindranath Chowdary vs State of Andhra Pradesh

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2020 Supreme(AP) 44

J.K.MAHESHWARI, M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
N. Ramesh Kumar, IAS, S/o. Late Ravindranath Chowdary – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. D.V. Sitarama Murthy, Sr. Counsel for Mr. N. Ashwani Kumar
For the Respondents: Mr. S.Sriram, Mr. Solomon Raju Manchala, Mr. C.V. Mohan Reddy, Sr. counsel for Mr. V.V. Prabhakar Rao, Mr. S.Satyanarayana Prasad, Sr. Counsel for Mr. S.Vivek Chandrasekhar

ORDER :

J.K. Maheshwari, J

As the issue involved in all these petitions is common and the proceedings impugned therein are one and the same, they are heard together and are being decided by this common order.

2. All the above writ petitions have been filed challenging the Ordinance No.5 of 2020 i.e., Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (for short, ‘the impugned Ordinance’) dated 10.04.2020, promulgated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, substituting Section 200 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short, ‘the APPR Act’); G.O.Ms.No.617 Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (E&R) Department, dated 10.04.2020 has also been assailed, by which the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Salaries and Allowances, Conditions of Service, Tenure of State Election Commissioner) Rules, 2020 (for short, ‘the New Rules, 2020’) were notified replacing the existing Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of State Election Commissioner) Rules, 1994 (for short, ‘theOldRules,1994’). The consequential notification in G.O.Ms.No.618,