*THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO + WRIT PETITION Nos. 31745, 6424, 7161, 9604, 11620, 19335, 22403, 26030, 28720, 29142, 32479 of 2024 AND WRIT PETITION No. 3762 and 7549 of 2025 % 22-09-2025 # P. Thikkaiah and others ….petitioners Vs.

$ The State of Telangana rep. by its Chief Secretary, GAD, Hyderabad and others …. Respondents ! Counsel for the petitioners : Sri Siva, learned Senior Counsel, representing Smt. Goda Rama Lakshmi, learned counsel for the petitioners and others.

Counsel for the Respondents : Learned Govt. Pleader for Services and others

? Cases referred:

2017 (14) SCC 797 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HYDERABAD * * * *

WRIT PETITION Nos. 31745, 6424, 7161, 9604, 11620, 19335, 22403, 26030, 28720, 29142, 32479 of 2024 AND WRIT PETITION No. 3762 and 7549 of 2025 Between:

P. Thikkaiah and others ….Petitioners Vs.

The State of Telangana rep. by its Chief Secretary, GAD, Hyderabad and others … Respondents ORDER PRONOUNCED ON: 22.09.2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO

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

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

3. Whether His Lordship wishes to see the fair copy of the Judgment? : Yes _____________________________________ NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO, J HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRIT PETITION Nos. 31745, 6424, 7161, 9604, 11620, 19335, 22403, 26030, 28720, 29142, 32479 of 2024 AND WRIT PETITION No. 3762 and 7549 of 2025

COMMON ORDER:

The issue involved in these Writ Petitions is, respondent authorities not operating the merit list downwards and not recruiting the petitioners in the fallout vacancies.

2. All these Writ Petitions hereby disposed of by this Common Order, as the issue involved in these Writ Petitions is identical.

3. Heard learned counsel for respective parties:

Sri Siva, learned Senior counsel representing Smt.

Goda Rama Lakshmi, Himangini Sanghi, Sri Kohir Bhaskar Reddy, Sri Bondempally Ramulu, Ms. Devara Samhitha, Sri Anirudh Sadhu, Sri V. Roopesh Kumar Reddy, Vemula Suresh, Ms. P. Anusha, counsel appearing for the petitioners.

Learned Government Pleader for Services, Sri N.

Ramesh, learned Standing Counsel TREI-RB, Sri S. Bhoopal Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for State Residential Educational Society, counsel appearing for the respondents.

4. For the sake of convenience, the facts in WP No.31745 of 2024 are discussed hereunder:

Learned Senior Counsel Sri Siva, representing Goda Rama Lakshmi, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the 3rd respondent authorities on 05.04.2023, calling for applications from eligible candidates for being recruited to various posts viz. Lecturer/Physical Director/Librarian in Degree Colleges (Notification No.1/2023), Junior Lecturers/Physical Directors/Librarians in Junior Colleges in Residential Educational Institutions Societies (Notification No.2/2023), Post Graduate Teachers in Residential Educational Institutions Societies (Notification No.3/2023), Librarian (School) in Residential Educational Institutions Societies (Notification No.4/2023), Physical Director (School)/Physical Director Grade-II in Residential Educational Institutions Societies (Notification No.5/2023) and Trained Graduate Teachers in Residential Educational Institutions Societies (Notification No.9/2023).

5. Learned Senior counsel further submits that the petitioners herein were eligible for substantial number of posts proposed to be filled up by the above Notifications. They have responded to the same. The selection process comprised of a computer based test which was held between 1st and 23rd August, 2023. It is pertinent to mention here that so far as Degree Lecturers, Junior Lecturers and Post Graduate Teachers are concerned, Paper-I was conducted simultaneously. The said paper being general studies, it may be only for the purpose of convenience instead of setting more than one paper for testing the ability of the can