THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRIT PETITION No.17613 of 2025

ORDER:

Heard Sri M. Ramgopal Rao, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, and learned Government Pleader for Education appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and perused the material available on record.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the 2^nd respondent issued DSC 1994 notification inviting applications for filling up of various categories of teacher posts throughout the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh including the post of Secondary Grade Teacher in Hyderabad District. The petitioner had applied for the said post and the 2^nd respondent allow him to participate in the selection process along with others, as the petitioner fulfilled the eligibility criteria prescribed notification and the 3^rd respondent issued appointment order and the petitioner along with his junior joined in service as SGT on 23.06.1995. Later, the 3rd respondent conducted promotion counseling to the post of School Assistant and both the petitioner and his junior were promoted on the same day and are drawing different pay scales.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aggrieved by the impugned action of the respondents in not revising and refixing the pay of the petitioner in the cadre of School Assistant on par with his junior namely M.V.V. Swarnalatha, who is drawing more pay than the petitioner, even though both have been appointed in 1994 DSC and also promoted on same date i.e., 01.11.2002 to the cadre of School Assistant irrespective of the subjects, the petitioner has made a representation dated 10.03.2025, before the 3^rd respondent authority, to fix his pay on par with his junior. but there is no response from the respondents till today. Hence, the writ petition.

4. Learned Government Pleader for the respondents submits that they have no objection to dispose of the and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law.

5. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for both the parties, without going into the merits of the case, the respondent authorities are directed to consider the and pass appropriate orders thereon, in accordance with law, within a period of six (06) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

6. With the above direction, this Writ Petition is disposed of, at the admission stage itself. No order as to costs.

As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed.

_____________________________________ NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO, J Date: 25.06.2025

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