THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.25218 OF 2025

O R D E R:

With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is being disposed of at the admission stage itself.

2. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

“…to issue a Writ, Order, or Direction, more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of Respondents in taping steps to consider and dispose of representations of the Petitioners herein dated on 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025, 24.05.2025 & 17.07.2025 respectively as bad in law and illegal and consequently direct the Respondents herein to adjudicate the representations dated on 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025, 24.05.2025 & 17.07.2025 respectively of the Petitioners by taking into account the Ratio laid down by the Supreme Court of India in Bimlesh Tanwar Vs State of Haryana and Ors dated: 10 March 2003 reported in AIR 2003 Supreme Court 2000 for fixing Inter Se Seniority of the Petitioners in the Cadre of Agricultural Officers under the Respondents by the Hon’ble High Court, Hyderabad in the Interest of Justice and pass…”

3. Heard Sri B. Sudhakar Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri B. Lokeshwar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Services-II appearing for the respondents.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed as Agricultural Officers in the years 2009 and 2012, and since the date of their appointment, the respondents have not prepared seniority list till the year 2021. However, the respondents prepared a provisional inter-se seniority list vide Memo No.B(2)15/2022 dated 12.09.2022, on the basis of roster points rather than merit. As such, the petitioners submitted representations to the respondents on 24.05.2025, 11.06.2025, 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025 and 17.07.2025 requesting to revise the provisional inter-se seniority list dated 12.09.2022 as per merit. However, no action has been taken by the respondents so far. Therefore, learned counsel prays this Court to direct the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders, within a stipulated period of time.

5. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that the respondents have prepared the provisional inter-se seniority list dated 12.09.2022 in accordance with law. However, the respondents will consider the representations of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law.

6. Having regard to the submissions made by learned counsel for the respective parties and without going into the merits of the case, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to pass appropriate orders on the representations submitted by the petitioners on 24.05.2025, 11.06.2025, 16.06.2025, 19.06.2025 and 17.07.2025, strictly in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate a copy of the same to the petitioners.

Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

____________________ PULLA KARTHIK, J Date : 26.08.2025.

Note : Issue C.C. by 28.08.2025.

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