THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

ORDER:

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

“…to issue a writ, order, or direction, more in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the 1st Respondent – Principal Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department in issuing the G.O.Ms. No.133 HM&FW(B) Department, dated: 19.08.2023 by which altered the selection criteria by increasing the points for service in state government hospitals/institutions/programmes for the post of Multi Purpose Health Assistant (Female) from 20 to 30 and resulting in grave injustice to the petitioner herein is illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, contemptuous as the maximum limit of 20 points was established by the Full Bench of this Hon’ble Court in WP No.40157 of 2017 & Batch dated 18.09.2020, and against the principles of natural justice and violative of Art 14, 16, 19 (g) and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently pleased to set aside the G.O.Ms. No. 133 HM&FW (B) Department, dated 19.08.2023 and direct the 2nd respondent to conduct the written examination for 80 marks and restricting the points awarded for service in