*THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO + WRIT PETITION Nos.34446, 14675, 16684, 16715, 24113, 25028, 26477, 26909, 27175, 28035, 28046, 28969, 28978, 30741, 32196, 32519, 32687, 34147, 34408, 35677 and

36422 of 2024 AND WRIT PETITION Nos. 4995, 9198, 9202, AND 9704 of 2025 % 14-10-2025 # G. Sammaiah and others ….petitioners Vs.

$ State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of General Administration, Hyderabad, and others …. Respondents !Counsel for the petitioners : Sri E. Madhan Mohan Rao, learned Senior Counsel, representing Sri M. Srinivas, Sri J. Sudheer, Sri Ramesh Challa, Sri P.V. Krishnaiah, Sri Kongara Raj Kumar, Sri Chikkudu Prabhakar, Sri Allika Suresh, Smt. Uma Devi Nama, Sri V. Ravi Chandran.

Counsel for the Official Respondents : Sri P.S. Rajasekhar, learned Standing Counsel for TGPSC, learned Additional Advocate General, Learned Government Pleader for Services-I, Sri G. Satish Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Sports Authority of Telangana.

Counsel for the Unofficial Respondents : Sri B.S. Prasad, learned Senior Counsel, representing Sri S. Goutham and Smt. Rachana Reddy, learned Senior Counsel, representing Sri Mohammed Baseer Riyaz.

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