THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.45837 of 2016

ORDER:

Seeking to set aside the proceedings in Rc.No.495/2010/

P&E/A1-2, dated 29.07.2016 issued by respondent No.3 and its consequential proceedings in Cr.No.10673/2009/CPE/A2, dated 04.11.2016 passed by respondent No.2 and consequently to direct the respondents to revise the Seniority List of the Inspectors of Prohibition & Excise in Zone V and the Integrated Seniority List for Multi Zone-III duly placing name of the petitioner above the name of respondent No.4, the present Writ Petition is filed.

2) Heard Sri Sivaraju Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Services-I appearing for respondents 1 to 3, and Sri Pratap Narayan Sanghi, learned senior counsel, representing Sri P.Narasimha, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4.

3) Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that initially the petitioner and respondent No.4 were appointed as Prohibition and Excise Inspector under direct recruitment through APPSC and their commencement of probation was fixed at 02.11.1996 and in respect of respondent No.4 the same was re- fixed as 27.07.1999 as he could not pass the depart