HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 16667 OF 2019

O R D E R:

With a wrongly drafted prayer the petitioner filed this writ petition on 20.07.2019 seeking a direction to the respondents to modify her date of appointment as School Assistant (Maths) from 21.11.2013 to 28.12.2018 (it will be

28.12.2012) with all consequential benefits.

2. The contention of petitioner is that she applied to the post of School Assistant (Maths) vide DSC-2012 Notification issued by the Commissioner and Director of School Education and got selection. Appointment order dated 21.11.2013 was given to her and she joined duty on 22.11.2013. Petitioner's core contention is that some of the candidates who were selected along with her were given appointment orders in November, 2012 itself and they joined duty on 28.11.2012, hence, her date of joining be treated as 28.11.2012. She further contends that similarly-situated candidates i.e. who were given appointment orders, approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal by filing O.A. Nos. 4817 of 2015 and 4800 of 2015, wherein the Tribunal directed to give them notional date of joining/seniority. She further contends that since her date of joi