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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT

HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY

AND

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

WRIT APPEAL No.117 of 2026

Date:30.01.2026

Between:

The Convenor, Telangana Residential Educational

Institutions Board, TREIRB, DSS Bhavan,

Masab Tank, Hyderabad

… Appellant

And

Smt.V.Sriujana D/o.V.Janardhan, occ:PGT Bio-Science,

TTWRJC(G), R/o.Vyshnavi Residency, Rotary Nagar, Khammam

District and others.

…Respondents

JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy

Heard Mr.N.Ramesh, learned Standing Counsel for

Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Recruitment Board,

appearing for the appellant; Mr.E.Madan Mohan Rao, learned

Senior Counsel appearing for Mr.Krupakar, learned counsel for

respondent No.1-writ petitioner; Mr.S.Suman, learned Government

Pleader for Services-III, appearing for respondent No.2 and

Mr.S.Bhoopal Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Telangana

Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society,

appearing for respondent Nos.3 and 4 and perused the record.

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2. The instant is the appeal which has been preferred by the

appellant who is the 4^th respondent in WP.No.25510 of 2024 which

stood decided on 12.11.2025. Vide the impugned order, learned

Single Judge has set aside the cancellation of order of appointment

issued in favour of the writ petitioner dated 21.08.2024 and has

directed the 4^th respondent to reinstate the writ petitioner into

service forthwith.

3. The brief facts relevant for the disposal of the instant Appeal

are that the writ petitioner claiming herself to be a candidate under

the Persons with Disabilities (P.W.D.) (HH) category had applied

for the post of P.G.T. in the Notification No.3/2023, dated

05.04.2023. The writ petitioner being fully eligible and having

participated in the said recruitment process was found to be

selected for the post of P.G.T. (Biological Science) and the order of

appointment was issued on 15.02.2024. Based upon which the

petitioner gave joining on 27.07.2024 before the 4^th respondent.

4. The writ petitioner at the time of applying for the said post

under the P.W.D. quota had submitted a certificate dated

21.01.2015, whereby, it was shown that the writ petitioner was

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suffering with 54% of disability under the category of hearing

impairment.

5. As per the notification under which the recruitment was

conducted the candidates who were selected under the P.W.D.

category were required to undergo a medical examination

upon they being referred to the State Medical Board (Appellate

Medical Authority) after the certificate verification was conducted

in respect of all the candidates. In the instant case also in terms of

the said guidelines in the notification, the writ petitioner was

subjected to medical examination by the Medical Board on

31.05.2024, wherein, the authorities found that the writ petitioner

suffering from hearing impairment to the extent of 29%. In terms

of the notification, the candidate to be considered for appointment

under P.W.D. category was mandatorily required to suffer the

minimum impairment of 40%. Since the Medical Board found the

writ petitioner to be suffering from only 29% of hearing disability

the writ petitioner suffered the disqualification having been

considered for appointment under the P.W.D. quota and as a

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consequence, the impugned order dated 21.08.2024 was passed

cancelling the order of appointment.

6. It was this order dated 21.08.2024 which was subjected to

challenge by way of writ petition which stood allowed vide the

impugned order under challenge in the instant Writ Appeal.

7 Today, during the course of the proceedings, the learned

Senior Counsel representing the writ petitioner drew the attention

of the Bench to another medical disability certificate issued by the

same hospital, where the writ petitioner was earlier subjected to the

medical examination, and the Doctor who conducted the

reexamination of the petitioner found her to be having hearing

impairment to the extent of 41%.

8. On the other h