HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 21586 OF 2021

O R D E R:

Petitioners approached this Court aggrieved by the action of the State Government in issuing Memo No.73 dated 24.07.2021 and Memo No.1356 dated 24.07.2021 and in particular Para 5 thereof, by which the Government contemplated a review of promotions granted after 02.06.2014. Under Memo No.73 dated 24.07.2021, review was directed in respect of the categories of Additional Secretary to Government, Joint Secretary to Government, Deputy Secretary to Government and Assistant Secretary to Government, while under Memo No.1356 dated 24.07.2021, review pertained to promotions to the category of Section Officers effected after 02.06.2014. The purported basis for this exercise was the Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 11.12.2018 in Writ Petition No. 4415 of 2016; however, petitioners contend that the impugned action, instead of being a faithful implementation of that judgment, is in clear violation of constitutional provisions, the mandate of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, and the settled principles laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a catena of cases as well as by this Court.

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