IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE TWELFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE Between:

Dr. N. Sudhakar …Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad -500 022, represented by its Principal Secretary and three others.

…Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition (TR) is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

“…to declare the action of the Respondents in fixing the uniform upper age limit of 44 years in the Notifications issued by the Respondents No.3 and 4, without considering the different upper age limits prescribed in the Special Rules 2005 pertaining to Ayurvedic, Unani and Homoeopathy Medical Services, in respect of Medical Officer (Contract) Posts, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to fix the upper age limit as 51 years for OC Candidates and 55 years for Reserved Candidates, by raising the Upper Age Limit by 10 years as ordered by the Government of A.P. in G.O.Ms.No .. 329, GAD, dated 27-07- 2015, with reference to the Upper Age Limit of 41 ye