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 I.A.No.1 of 2025 in/and WRIT APPEAL No.1525 of 2025 DATE: 09.04.2026 Between:

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director and 2 others ….Appellants And Md Amzad ….Respondent

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri P.Sri Harsha Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Singareni Collieries Company Limited for appellants and Sri B.Balaji, learned counsel representing Sri M.Goutham Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record.

2. This Interlocutory Application vide I.A.No.1 of 2025, is filed by the appellants seeking condonation of delay of 236 days in preferring the accompanying writ appeal. The said writ appeal is directed against the order dated 18.03.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.45687 of 2018, whereby the writ petition came to be allowed and the appellants were directed to reconsider the respondent’s (writ petitioner) case for appointment to the post of Motor Mechanic Trainee Category-I under Notification No.2 of 2015.

3. Before entering upon the merits of the Writ Appeal, it becom