JUDGMENT

Dr. K. Manmadha Rao, J. - This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

'.....to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No. 1 in issuing the G.O. Rt. No. 68, School Education (Services-I) Department, dated 10.03.2021 wherein posting the petitioner as Principal, IASE, Nellore, which is lower cadre post and the consequential order passed by the 2nd respondent vide proceedings Rc. No. 1021/620/2020-ES1-CSE, dated 16.03.2021 are illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently set aside the same and pass such other orders'.

2. Heard Ms. Kavitha Gottipati, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Services-III for the respondents.

3. The brief case of the petitioner is that he was initially appointed as Deputy Educational Officer through APPSC and joined in the month of April, 1995. Subsequently he got promotions, finally promoted as Additional Director of School Education in the month of March, 2020 and posted at Samagra Shiksha (Previously SSA) and worked up to 16.12.2020. On 15.12.2020 vide G.O. Rt. No. 249