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 I.A.No.1 OF 2025 IN/AND W.A.No.493 OF 2025

02.03.2026 Between:

The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary Home Police Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and

3 others …Appellants A N D Md. Zikria …Respondent COMMON JUDGMENT : (per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)

Heard Mr. B.Krishna, learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) for the appellants and Mr. C.Sai Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent. Perused the record.

2. The instant is a writ appeal has been filed along with I.A.No.1 of 2025, which is an application seeking for condonation of delay of 484 days in filing the writ appeal.

3. The order under challenge is one which was passed by the learned Single Bench in W.P.No.4883 of 2019, decided on 26.09.2023. In the course of allowing the said writ petition, the learned Single Bench in addition to setting aside the punishment of withholding of 20% pension for a period of five years has also directed to regularize the suspension period from 13.10.1988 to 14.11.1992 and 15.11.1992 to 31.12.2013 and treat the same as peri