M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
Matam Gangabhavani – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER:
1. One Matam Gangabhavani, claiming to be transgender filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to declare Notification vide Rc.No.216/R&T/Rect.1/2018 dated 01.11.2018, as it did not make any provision for reservation of appointment of transgender persons as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14, 15, 19, 21 of the Constitution of India, contrary to the law declared by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and others, 2014 (5) SCC 438 and consequently issue a direction to the respondents to make appropriate provision for transgender persons and further direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner in Post Code No.11 - Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Sub-Inspector of Police in the Police Department in the vacant post, kept apart for the petitioner in terms of the order of the Court in W.P.No.1575 of 2019 dated 13.02.2018.
2. The petitioner was male by birth, underwent Sexual Reassignment Surgery in the year 2003. After the judgment of the Apex Court in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and others (referred supra), the petitioner changed gender identity f
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