I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.46888 OF 2022 Between:

Sadula Shankar … Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Hyderabad & 3 others … Respondents JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON: 30.10.2025 THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers : Yes may be allowed to see the Judgment?

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be : Yes marked to Law Reporters/Journals?

3. Whether Their Lordships wish to : Yes see the fair copy of the Judgment?

___________________________ MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA I N THE HI GH COURT OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRI T PETI TI ON No.46888 OF 2022 % 30.10.2025 Between:

# Sadula Shankar … Petitioner And $ The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Hyderabad & 3 others … Respondents < Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri T.Kistaiah ^ Counsel for Respondents : Learned Government Pleader for Services-II for R1 & R2 Sri T.Vasantha Rao, for R3 Sri Mirza Younus Ali Baig, for R4 ? Cases Referred:

THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA W.P. No. 46888 OF 2022

ORDER:

Heard Sri T. Kistaiah, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Government Pleader appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2, Sri T.Vasantha Rao, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.3 and Sri Mirza Younus Ali Baig, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.4.

2. PRAYER :

The Petitioner approached this Court seeking the prayer as under :

“To issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned resolution dated 16.09.2022 in appointing the 4^th respondent as CEO in place of petitioner and subsequent notice dated 26.01.2023 terminating the petitioner service is illegal, arbitrary unconstitutional and consequently set aside the same, and pass such other order…”

3. Case of the Petitioner as per the averments made by the petitioner in the affidavit filed by the petitioner in support of the present writ petition in brief is as under :

(i) The petitioner was initially appointed on 01.08.1999 and promoted as Staff Assistant/Cashier on 14.07.2011 in the 3^rd respondent-society. The petitioner was subsequently promoted as CEO on 07.04.2017 and rendered about 22 years of satisfactory service. In pursuance of G.O.Ms.No.151, Agriculture & Cooperation (Coop.VII), dated 22.06.2009, the petitioner’s pay was fixed in the revised pay scales with effect from 01.04.2009. As of August 2022, the petitioner was drawing a time-scale pay of Rs. 5,110/- and a gross salary of Rs. 54,406/-.

(ii) It is further case of the petitioner that 3^rd respondent-society illegally passed a resolution on 16.09.2022 appointing one Bharath Kumar, the 4th respondent herein, as CEO in the petitioner’s place, even though the management has no authority to do so without prior permission of the Registrar. Following this illegal resolution, the petitioner’s salary was unilaterally reduced to Rs. 25,000/- from September 2022, causing harassment and financial loss.

(iii) The petitioner therefore seeks to have the impugned resolution dated 16.09.2022, appointing the 4^th respondent as CEO, and the subsequent termination notice dated 26.01.2023, declared illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional, and to have them set aside. The petitioner also seeks continuation as CEO with full salary pending disposal of the writ petition. Hence, the present writ petition has been filed.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD :

(A) The impugned Resolution dated 16.09.2022 passed by the 3^rd respondent is extracted hereunder :

“GENERAL BODY MEETING On the date 16.09.2022 Friday afternoon at 2-30 AM the Meeting was held on the leader ship of the President in Society Office and issues in agenda are passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM No.1 Regarding the appointment of the Temporary C.E.O.

Resolution: The Bharat Kumar a person was appointed as a temporary C.E.O in Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society Limited to perform the Business A