THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO +W.P.Nos.17735 of 2024 and 11675 of 2025 % 04-08-2025 # Dr.I.Raja Kiran Kumar Goud.

…. Petitioner Vs.

Director of Medical Education, State of Telangana, Hyderabad and others.

…. Respondents !Counsel for the petitioner : Sri P.V.Krishnaiah Counsel for the Respondents : G.P. for Services-II

? Cases referred:

1.(2023) 20 Supreme Court Cases 817

2.2022 Law Suit (SC) 1486 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HYDERABAD * * * *

W.P.Nos.17735 of 2024 and 11675 of 2025 Between:

# Dr.I.Raja Kiran Kumar Goud.

…. Petitioner Vs.

Director of Medical Education, State of Telangana, Hyderabad and others.

…. Respondents ORDER PRONOUNCED ON: 04.08.2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers may be allowed to see the Judgments? : Yes

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be Marked to Law Reporters/Journals? : Yes

3. Whether His Lordship wishes to see the fair copy of the Judgment? : Yes _____________________________________ NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO, J HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRIT PETITION Nos.17735 of 2024 and 11675 of 2025 COMMON ORDER :-

Since the issue involved in these writ petitions and the petitioner are one and the same, both the writ petitions are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Heard Sri P.V.Krishnaiah, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Services-II appearing for the respondents.

3. For the sake of convenience, the facts in W.P.No.17735 of

2024 are discussed hereunder :-

4. W.P.No.17735 of 2024 is filed seeking the following relief :-

“….. to issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of a writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India declaring the departmental proceedings initiated against the petitioner by the 1^st respondent by Proceedings Rc.No.3899/V1C/2014, dated 29.10.2014 including the proceedings Rc.No.3899/V1C/2014, dated 13.11.2015 issued by the 1^st respondent and consequential Memo No.5096/VC.2/2022-2, dated 26.07.2022 issued by the 3rd respondent as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, malafide, void and without jurisdiction and set aside the same and issue consequential directions directing the respondents to forthwith consider and promote the petitioner as Associate Professor (Plastic Surgery) as per seniority along with others, without reference to the proceedings Rc.No. 3899/V1C/2014, dated 13.11.2015 issued by the 1^st respondent …..”.

5. The brief facts in W.P.No.17735 of 2024 are as follows :-

(i) The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Professor in General Surgery and joined in service on 10.11.2006, and subsequently, he acquired M.C.H. qualification and later he got posting orders as Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery in Osmania Medical College in 2014. The petitioner is fully eligible and qualified for being promoted to the post of Associate Professor (Plastic Surgery), as he is the senior most Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery under the jurisdiction of the 1st respondent. However, the respondents are not considering the case of the petitioner for promotion on the ground of imposing punishment vide proceedings dated 13.11.2015, wherein the 1^st respondent imposed the punishment of stoppage of seven annual grade increments with cumulative effect, besides treating the unauthorized absence from

06.05.2007 to 26.07.2014 as ‘dies-non’.

(ii) Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the 3^rd respondent. The 3^rd respondent vide Memo No.2348/VC/2/ 2015-2, dated 10.05.2016, rejected the appeal. Aggrieved by the order dated 10.05.2016, the petitioner again filed an appeal before the Special Chief Secretary to the Government, who inturn rejected the appeal vide Memo No. 2348/VC-2/2015-3, dated 27.02.2020 without considering the contentions raised in the appeal and without taking into consideration the findings of the enquiry officer holding that framing the charges of unauthorize