ORDER :

This Writ Petition is filed aggrieved by the impugned speaking order, vide Rc.No.264/C2/2022, dated 10.03.2022 of the 1st respondent, in rejecting the representation made by the petitioner by holding that the petitioner is not entitled for the promotion to the post of Senior Assistant, without considering Rule 28 of the A.P. State & Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 (for short ‘the Rules of 1996’) and G.O.Ms.No.145, dated 15.06.2004.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Medical, Health & Family Welfare.

3. Brief facts of the case are as follows :

The petitioner is working as Junior Assistant, Government General Hospital, Kadapa, YSR District. Initially, he was appointed as Record Assistant in the year 2009, later got promoted as Junior Assistant on 14.12.2016. Thereafter, he had been promoted to the category of Senior Assistant on 16.10.2019 and posted to Primary Health Centre, Roddam, Ananthapuram District. In view of the health conditions of the mother of the petitioner, he submitted a representation on 22.02.2020 requesting the 1st respondent to revert him to the post of Junior Assistant. Consequently, the petitioner was