ORDER:

1. The writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

“to issue a Writ or Order more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent-Transport Commissioner, in refusing to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the next higher post i.e. Road Transport Officer on erroneous assumption that disciplinary proceedings initiated against him are subsisting as on date, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the 2nd respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Road Transport Officer from the date when his juniors were promoted with all consequential benefits treating the disciplinary proceedings as elapsed by efflux of time.”

2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that the petitioner was initially appointed in the year 1989 as Mechanic for GDS Vijayawada and subsequently he was promoted from cadre to cadre and presently he is holding as Motor Vehicles Inspector. During his tenure, the petitioner was never imposed with any penalty much less any proceedings initiated under Rule 20 of CCA and CCS Rules for im