ORDER :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India questioning the proceedings in Rc. No. 80/2018/A2, dated 25.09.2019 issued by the 3rd respondent and declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice, requesting to set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to promote the petitioner as Excise Sub-Inspector without reference to the charge Memo dated 14.09.2018 and criminal case in C.C. No. 200 of 2019 in terms of G.O.Ms. No. 257, General Administration (Ser. C) Dept, dt. 10.06.1999.

2. The facts leading to the case are that the petitioner joined in service on 23.01.2008 as Junior Assistant on compassionate grounds, he joined at Tenali, Guntur District and working as such with utmost satisfaction of the superiors without any complaints whatsoever. The 3rd respondent issued provisional seniority list on 19.01.2012 in which the petitioner was shown at Sl. No. 204, thereafter the 3rd respondent issued proceedings dated 21.12.2013 wherein final seniority list was issued in which the petitioner was shown at Sl. No. 203.

3. While so, on 07.02.2018 a FIR was issued to the petitioner vide PR No. 6