HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.448 OF 2022

ORDER:

Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Nerella, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“….to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS by declaring the impugned Memorandum issued by the 4^th respondent wherein rejected the claim of the petitioners for reversion from the rank of Head Constable to Police Constable vide Rc.No.A1-Estt/686/2021 dated 06.12.2021, even though the respondent authorities were considered the claim of similarly situated persons for reversion from the rank of Head Constable to Police Constable vide Rc.No.123/A1/2018-19, D.O. No.5357/2019, dated 30.03.2019 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and accordingly set aside the same with a consequential direction to respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners for reversion from the category to HC to PC in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble High Court in W.P No.37146 of 2013 and 39280 of 2013 and orders issued in favor of similar