ORDER :

A. Rajasheker Reddy, J.

1. This writ petition is filed against the order dated 30-05-2016 passed in OA No.021/00986/2015 by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench whereby and whereunder the OA filed by the writ petitioners seeking to include their names in the select list for being considered for promotion from State Forest Service to Indian Forest Service (IFS) for the panel year 2013 under Indian Forest Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1966 (for short, “the IFS Regulations 1966”) was dismissed.

2. In nutshell, the case of the petitioners is as follows:- The petitioners joined State public service as Forest Range Officers in the year 1980 having been selected through competitive examination conducted by the A.P. Public Service Commission. On representations made by the petitioners, in the year 2004, the 6th respondent-Principal Chief Conservator of Forests addressed letter to the State Government to accord permission to appoint the Forest Range Officers, which include the petitioners herein, as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACFs) on ad-hoc basi