THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA W.P.No.14134 OF 2025 ORDER : (per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)

Heard Ms. M.Tejaswini, learned counsel representing Mr. P.V.Ramana, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. M.Shalini, learned Government Pleader for Services-II for respondent No.1, Mr. B.Rajeshwar Reddy, learned Government Pleader for the State of Andhra Pradesh for respondent Nos.2, 3 and 6 and Mr. S.Satyanarayana, learned Government Pleader for Services-I for respondent Nos.4 and 5. Perused the record.

2. The grievance of the petitioner being the inaction on the part of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in taking an appropriate decision on the representation which the petitioner has made to the officers of respondent No.2 for considering allocation from the services of State of Andhra Pradesh to the services under the State of Telangana on the ground of the petitioner’s spouse (wife) working in the Telangana State Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL), to a non-transferable post.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the two State Governments, however, have shown a sympathetic approach to the petitioner by sending the petitioner to the State of Telangana on deputation and after completion of the 10 years, he has been sent back to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

4. The learned counsel for the further petitioner submits that the State of Andhra Pradesh had issued a Circular Memo dated 07.10.2021 calling for the employees to exercise their options to those who intend to go to the State of Telangana on permanent basis. The last date for submission of such option was till 07.11.2021. The petitioner has exercised his option for moving to the State of Telangana on permanent basis on the ground of the spouse of the petitioner working in the State of Telangana, on 05.11.2021 i.e., within the period prescribed under the Circular Memo dated 07.10.2021 by the State of Andhra Pradesh. The Government of Telangna also had issued a similar circular on reciprocal basis vide Circular Memo dated 09.09.2021 and the last date for the employees in the State of Telangana who wanted to move to the State of Andhra Pradesh was on 15.10.2021. In terms of the aforesaid Circular Memos issued by the two States, the petitioner’s application which he had exercised his option within the period prescribed in the aforesaid Circular Memo, the same was also further forwarded to the next higher authorities by the authority under whom the petitioner was working. Therefore, there does not seem to be any further progress or a decision taken on the representation made by the petitioner. The petitioner had made his attempt by approaching all the authorities known to him for a favourable consideration of his request for permanent allocation to the State of Telangana, but till date he has not been able to get any success which finally led to the petitioner approaching the writ court by filing writ petition for appropriate direction to the respondent-authorities to be given.

5. Given the factual matrix narrated above and also on perusal of the documents enclosed along with the writ petition, admittedly the petitioner in terms of the Circular Memo dated 07.10.2021 issued by the State of Andhra Pradesh has exercised his option on 05.11.2021 before the competent authority in the department, who, in turn, had forwarded the same to the next higher authorities vide order dated 08.11.2021. However, the outcome of the said representation is still not given either to the petitioner nor as any order has been communicated to the petitioner insofar as decision, if any, taken on the said application filed by the petitioner. So far as the writ court is concerned, we are conscious of the fact that at this stage, the writ court would not have any power and scope to adjudicate upon the grievance of the petitioner. Nonetheless, the writ court can definitely direct the respondent authorities, more particularly respondent Nos.