THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION NO.32280 of 2025

ORDER:

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

“…to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the 2nd respondent. (a) in not adding of the contract service experience marks (4 marks) towards the contract service of Lab Technician rendered at Government Community Health Centre, Wardhannapet. Warangal District while considering the case of the petitioner as Lab Technician Grade-II pursuant to the Notification No.3 of 2024, dated 11.09.2024, (b) the action of 3rd respondent in not issuing experience certificate of Lab Technician post rendered by the petitioner from 01.12.2005 to 30.04.2007 at Community Health Centre, Wardhannapeta, Hanamkonda erstwhile Warangal District as arbitrary, illegal and violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of Article.14, 16, 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently, (c) direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner as Lab Technician Grade-II by duly calculating the contract service experience marks (4 marks) towards the contract service of Lab Technician rendered at Government Community Health Centre, Wardhannapet, Warangal District, (d) direct the 3rd respondent to issue experience certificate to the petitioner for the service rendered from 01.12.2005 to 30.04.2007 at Community Health Centre, Wardhannapeta, Hanamkonda erstwhile Warangal District and also to extend all benefits on par with similarly situated persons selected under the Notification No.3 of 2024, dated 11.09.2024.”

2. Heard Mr. K. Krishna Kishore, learned counsel for the petitioner respondent Nos.1 to 3.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner pursued B.Sc. MLT (Medical Lab Technician) course during November, 2003, and thus, she is fully qualified and eligible for the post of Lab Technician Grade-II. Subsequently, the petitioner was appointed as a Lab Technician on contract basis vide proceedings dated 24.11.2005 and worked as such, from 01.12.2005 to 30.04.2007. It is further submitted respondent No.2 issued Notification No.3 of 2024 dated 11.09.2024, inviting applications for the post of Lab Technician Grade-II, and in pursuance thereof, the petitioner participated in the recruitment process. However, the respondents are neither awarding the weightage points for her contractual service nor are they issuing an experience certificate for the relevant period. As such, the petitioner submitted her objections, which was arbitrarily rejected by the respondents, holding that her Experience Certificate was not issued by the competent authority. Therefore, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks indulgence of this Court to direct the respondents to issue the experience certificate and also to award the weightage points for the petitioner’s contractual service.

of the respondents, on instructions, submits that the claim of the

petitioner for awarding the service weightage points was initially

rejected by the competent authority, as no records pertaining to the

petitioner’s contractual experience were found. However, on further

verification, the District Medical and Health Officer, Hanumakonda District, vide letter dated 08.09.2025, has confirmed that the petitioner had worked as Lab Technician (contract basis) from December 2005 to April 2007, and requested to consider her claim for awarding weightage points for experience. Accordingly, weightage points will be awarded for her experience for the aforesaid period, i.e., 01.12.2005 to 30.04.2007, and the same will be updated in the Final Merit List, which is due to be released.

5. Having regard to the above made submissions, this Writ Petition is allowed setting aside the impugned endorsement in the provisional merit list, in respect of the petitioner herein, and the respondents are directed to consider her case for