HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.27729 OF 2023

ORDER:

Heard Sri S.Ramananda Swamy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Services-I I I appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not fixing the date of promotions to the petitioners to the post of Extension Officer Grade-I from 23/05/2018 on par with the same batch mates by considering representations, dated 26/07/2021 and 29/08/2023 as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, discriminatory and unconstitutional and contrary to the law laid down by the Apex Court and consequently direct the respondents to fix the date of promotion of the petitioners to the post of Extension Officer Grade-I notionally from 23/05/2018, the date of promotion of first 88 candidates of the same batch vide Proc. No. 313/ E/2017, dated 23/05/2018 of the 3^rd respondent with all consequential benefits and pass…”

3. It is specific case of the petitioners that the respondents are not fixing the date of promotions