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.875 of 2025 DATE:16.04.2026 Between:

Superintendent of Police, Mahaboobnagar District and 2 others ….Appellants And B. Yadaiah and 3 others ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri B.Krishna, learned Government Pleader for Services (Home) appearing for appellants; Sri G.V.Shivaji, learned counsel for respondent No.1 and Sri.K.Mallikharjuna Moorthy, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and perused the record.

2. This writ appeal is preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, against the order dated 03.12.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.13199 of 2021. By the said order, the learned Single Judge disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the appellants to fix the seniority of the respondents (writ petitioners) from the date of their initial appointment in the cadre of Police Constable (Armed Reserve) and to grant them notional promotion as Head Constables with effect from the year 2013, i.e., the date on which their juniors were promoted, along with all consequential benefits.

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