THE HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL AND THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA WRIT PETITION No.11811 of 2006 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble the Acting Chief Justice)

In this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief:

“…issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the order of the Hon’ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal dated 05.06.2006 in O.A.No.4171 of 2005 and quash the same by holding it as illegal, bad and arbitrary and further direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as Joint Director…”

FACTS:-

2. The facts as narrated by the petitioner are that this matter relates to Ground Water Department, the promotional post in question is the post of Joint Director. There are three wings in Ground Water Department namely (a) Hydrology, (b) Hydrogeology and (c) Geophysics. It is canvassed that upto the post of Deputy Director, each wing is like a separate water tight compartment. However, for the promotional post in question i.e., Joint Director, all the Deputy Directors of three wings are eligible. The cadre strength of Joint Director was two. In the yea