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.234 of 2026 DATE: 26.02.2026 Between:

K.Narender Reddy and 12 others.

….Appellants And The State of Telangana, represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of Home (Services-V), Secretariat, Hyderabad and 7 others.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri P.Amarender, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri S.Rahul Reddy, learned Special Government Pleader in the office of the Additional Advocate General appearing for the respondents and perused the record.

2. This writ appeal, preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, assails the order dated 23.01.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.34648 of 2024. By the said order, the learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellants herein, challenging G.O.Ms.No.33, Home (Legal) Department, dated 15.05.2023, and the consequential allotment orders dated 18.10.2024 issued by respondent No.3. The appellants had also sought a direction to the respondents to allot them to Contiguous Zonal Cadre-

II (CZC-II) in accordance with the options exerci