IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT APPEAL No.703 of 2025 DATE:17.03.2026 Between:

Dhanunjai Sikilambatla ….Appellant And The Telangana State Public Service Commission and 4 others ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri G.Satyanarayana Yadav, learned counsel for the appellant; Sri P.S.Rajasekhar, learned Standing Counsel for Telangana State Public Service Commission; Sri S.Suman, learned Government Pleader for Services-III appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 3 and Sri.Bhanothu Hussain, learned counsel for respondent No.4 and perused the record.

2. This writ appeal is preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, against the order dated 02.05.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.Nos.29473 of 2023. By the said order, the learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant herein, who sought a direction to the respondents to operate the merit list downwards and consider him for appointment to the post of Librarian (School) pursuant to Notification No.20 of

2017, dated 14.04.2017.

Factual matrix

3. The 1st respondent–Telangana State Public Servi