HON’BLE MRS JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.754 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/1237/2021, dated 04.08.2021, Rc.No.A1- Estt/1237/2021, dated 24.08.2021, Rc.No.A1- Estt/1237/2021, dated 14.09.2021, Rc.No.A1- Estt/1237/2021, dated 08.10.2021, 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.A1/16/PPT/2018-20 (D.O.No. 266/2020) dated 18.02.2020 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 P