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D. V. S. S. SOMAYAJULU, V. SRINIVAS
M. Venkateswara Rao – Appellant
Versus
D. Indeevar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
D.V.S.S.SOMAYAJULU, J.
These Writ Appeals are filed challenging the common order, dated 05.03.2021, passed in W.P.No.10813 of 2018 and Batch by the learned single Judge.
2. The essential issue in these writ appeals and the writ petitions is about the action of the Universities in the State of A.P., grouping of the subjects for the purpose of providing reservations relying upon the judgment of the Division Bench in W.A.No.43260 of 2016 of the Allahabad High Court and other case law. The writ petitioners contend that each department and each subject must be classified as a unit for the purpose of providing reservations. The universities started classifying the entire institution/University or college as a unit. Therefore, the batch of writ petitions were filed and the impugned orders came to be passed. Challenging the same the present set of appeals were filed by the Professors, Assistant Professors and others.
3. Sri B.Adinarayana Rao, learned senior counsel commenced the arguments in this batch of Writ Appeals. According to the learned senior counsel in none of the writ petitions the issue of reservations being provided for Professors was challenged. He also submits that the
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The main legal point established in the judgment is that reservation can be applied subject-wise to the post of Professor in the University, and the need to follow the roster issued by the State Gove....
Point of Law : Procedure to be followed while effecting horizontal reservations, which we are bound to follow in terms of Article 141 of the Constitution.
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