HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 24377 OF 2019

O R D E R:

Petitioners filed this Writ Petition aggrieved by the arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and unconstitutional action of the 2^nd respondent - Telangana State Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "TGPSC"), in issuing Provisional Selection Notification dated 24.10.2019 pursuant to Group-II Services Notification No. 20/2015 dated 31.12.2015 and Revised Notification No. 17/2016 dated 01.09.2016, without adhering to due process of law, in contravention of the binding directions issued by the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal No. 1525 of 2018 and its batch dated 03.06.2019, thereby infringing the fundamental rights of petitioners guaranteed under Articles 14, 16, 19, and 21 of the Constitution of India.

2. The case of petitioners is that they are meritorious candidates who appeared in Group-II Services Examination conducted by the 2nd respondent on 11.11.2016 and 13.11.2016 for Papers I to IV, pursuant to the aforesaid Notifications. Having secured merit in the written examination, they became eligible for consideration in selection process. However, to their utter shock and