IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO Dated this the 25^th day of March, 2026 WRIT PETITION No.20951 of 2018 Between:

S. Pitcheswara Rao .. Petitioner AND The Government of Telangana, represented by its Prl.

Secretary, Department of Home Affairs, Hyderabad and three others .. Respondents

ORDER:

The present Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner to quash the Order passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No.7520 of 2013, dated 14.09.2016, and to release all consequential benefits.

2. Heard Sri B. Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents.

3. Brief facts of the case are as follows:

(a) Petitioner filed O.A.No. 7520 of 2013 before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal challenging the order of the

2nd respondent wherein punishment of RTSP by 3 stages for 3 years with effect is awarded and the period of suspension from 04.05.2007 to 15.10.2008 is treated as ‘Not on duty’ vide proceedings in D.O.No.4049, No.L&O/B7/346/2007, dated 2-6/7-2013 as illegal.

(b) The petitioner was initially appointed as a Police Constable and subsequently promoted as Head