THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRI T PETI TI ON No.20891 OF 2007

ORDER:

The Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondents in not considering the case of petitioner for promotion to the post of Accounts Officer as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion with all consequential benefits.

2. Heard Sri P. Venkateswar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R. Anurag, learned Standing Counsel for TSRTC, appearing for the respondents. Perused the material on record.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner joined the service of the respondent-corporation as Junior Assistant (Finance) in the year 1978 and after exhausting various departmental promotions, reached the post of Superintendent (Finance), completing 29 years of service. While working as Deputy Superintendent (Finance) in the office of the Depot Manager, Bheemgal, the petitioner obtained prior permission to prosecute a Master of Business Administration (MBA) through Distance Education from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, and successfully completed the course. The petitioner is a Scie