IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.40812 OF 2025 Dated 05^th JANUARY, 2026 Between:

Somagani Surya Narayana.

…Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Special Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, Hyderabad, Telangana and 2 others.

… Respondents

O R D E R :

With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself.

2. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

“...to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to rectify the pay anomaly and “step up” the pay of the Petitioner (S.Suryanarayana, Addl. SP) to bring it at par with that of his junior batchmates, including Sri A.V.R. Narsimha Rao (Sl.No.104) and Sri Veeranna (SI.No.133), with effect from the date the said juniors’ pay was fixed at a higher level (i.e., from June 2023) and to pass...”

3. Heard Sri G.Srinivasulu, learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2; and learned Government Pleader for Services-III for responde