COMMON ORDER:

As the issue involved in all the writ petitions is one and the same, they are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Heard Sri Subba Rao Korrapati, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP No.9164 of 2020, Sri A. Rajendra Babu, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP No.17864 of 2020, Sri T.S. Rayalu, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP No.9118 of 2020, Sri Bobbili Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP No.17367 of 2020, Mrs. M.L.Neelima, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP No.11961 of 2020, Sri Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy, learned Additional Advocate General, appearing for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri S.Satyanarayana Rao, learned counsel for impleaded respondents in WP Nos.9118 and

9164 of 2020. Perused the record.

i) WP Nos.9118, 9164, 17367 and 17864 of 2020 are filed ‘to declare the impugned Memo dated 20.05.2020 issued by the 2nd respondent to all the DEO’s in the State to complete the recruitment process to the post of School Assistant (Telugu) and Language Pandit (Telugu) in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.67, School Education Department dated 26.10.2018 in spite of pending review IA No.1 of 2020 in WP No.19757 of 2019, as illegal and arbitrary.’

ii) WP No.11961 of 2020 is filed ‘to declare the action of the respondent authorities in not proceeding with the recruitment process for the posts of School Assistant (Telugu) and Language Pandit (Telugu) in spite of issuing impugned memo dated 20.05.2020 and instructing all the DEO’s in the State to complete the recruitment process in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.67 SE Department dated 26.10.2018 under the guise of orders in WP Nos.9164 and 9118 of 2020 dated 26.05.2020, wherein this Court passed interim orders to reserve 33 posts only, is nothing but illegal and arbitrary.’

3. Case of the petitioners in WP No.9118, 9164, 17367 and 17864 of 2020 is that, Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.67 dated 26.10.2018 for Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) for the posts of School Assistants (SA), Language Pandits (LPs) etc.; as per G.O.Ms.No.67 dated 26.10.2018, Rule 4(2)(i)(f) and Rule 4(2)(ii)(a), prescribes a qualification for the post of School Assistant (Telugu) and Language Pandit (Telugu), which is as follows:

“Must possess a bachelor’s degree with Telugu as the main subject or one of the three equal optional subjects or Bachelor’s degree in Oriental language in Telugu (BOL) or its equivalent and B.Ed., with Telugu as methodology subject or Telugu Pandit training or its equivalent”.

Government has issued an amendment to G.O.Ms.No.67 dated 26.10.2018 through G.O.Ms.No.70 dated 05.11.2018 and by virtue of it, the candidates who are possessing Post Graduate Degree in Telugu are also made eligible; challenging the said amendment issued vide G.O.Ms.No.70 dated 05.11.2018, certain candidates have filed OA No.2516 of 2018 before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal (for short ‘the Tribunal’); the Tribunal passed the following interim order on

16.11.2018.

“Pending further orders in O.A., the respondents may accept the applications of the candidates who are eligible as per the amended version of the notification vide G.O.Ms.No.70 dated 05.11.2018, but the results shall not be announced.”

The petitioners, who are eligible, pursuant to amended G.O.Ms.No.70, were under the impression that the State will take care and complete the recruitment process; in the meanwhile, the Tribunal was abolished; challenging the interim orders passed by the Tribunal in OA No.2516 of 2018 dated 16.11.2018, the Department has filed WP No.19757 of 2019 before the Division Bench of this Court; the said writ petition was disposed of on 13.12.2019 observing as follows:

“On perusal of the aforesaid, it is revealed that while entertaining the original application, the Tribunal issued interim direction to accept the application forms of the candidates as per the amended notification dated 05.11.2018, but directed the Government not to announce the result of those candidates. In view of the foregoing, the a