ORDER:

1. The present writ petition is filed to declare the action of the third respondent in issuing order in C.No.A10/Rect-1/2019 dated 25.11.2019 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the recruitment process and consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as Mahila Police and Women & Child Welfare Assistant/ Ward Women & Weaker Sections Protection Secretary (Female) at Ward Secretariat No.01 in Rayachoti Municipality.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

3. The State Government of Andhra Pradesh issued G.O.Ms.No.110 Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (MDL-I) Department dated 19.07.2019 introducing ‘Village/Ward Secretariat System’ in the State. Pursuant to the said G.O, the Director General of Police issued Notification No.01/Home/2019 dated 26.07.2019 inviting applications for the post of Mahila Police and Women & Child Welfare Assistant/ Ward Women & Weaker Sections Protection Secretary (Female) (henceforth referred as ‘Mahila Police’).

4. The petitioner being a Post-Graduate applied for the posts under Category-I notified under Grama/Ward Sachivalayam Recruitment-2019. The petitioner applied for the said posts, appeared for the written test and secured