IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO WP.No. 35145 of 2024 U Dt. 06.03.2026 U Between: Jagannath …. Petitioner and The Registrar(Administration), High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another.

…Respondents O R D E R: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Suddala Chalapathi Rao

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1. The present Writ Petition has been filed for a Writ of Mandamus

declaring the proceedings of the 1^st respondent in ROC.No.891/2024-C-

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3, dt.04.06.2024, in rejecting the permission to validate/ratify and enter 3

Years LL.B. Degree awarded to the petitioner by the Osmania University for the academic year 2014–17 in the Service Register of the petitioner, as illegal, arbitrary, and in violation of the guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Court in the judgment passed in WP.No.30688/2013, dt.30.12.2015 and the order in ROC.No.128/2016/C-3, dt.27.01.2016, issued by the High Court and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently to set aside the same by directing the respondents No.1 & 2 to treat the LL.B-3 Years course awarded to the petitioner as valid for all purposes, including to appear and write the examination of Junior Civil Judge, by recording the said LL.B. Degree in the Service Register of the petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case are that, the petitioner was appointed as Junior Assistant on 21.02.2005 in Mahabubnagar District and his probation was declared on 19.02.2007. The petitioner was promoted as Senior Assistant in the month of November, 2011 and Superintendent in the year 2012, and his services were regularized and probation was declared in the said posts. Subsequently, he was promoted as Senior Superintendent in the month of July, 2017 and, as on the date of filing of the Writ Petition, the petitioner was working in the Court of Municipal Senior Civil Judge, Mahabubnagar and on deputation in the Court of District & Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar.

3. It is further submitted that while the petitioner was working as Superintendent in the Court of Junior Civil Judge, Shadnagar, he appeared for LAWCET-2015 examination and was provisionally allotted a seat by letter from Mahatma Gandhi Law College, dt.21.10.2014, and pursuant thereto, as he was working at Shadnagar, which is around 40- 45 minutes drive to Mahatma Gandhi Law College, and as the class timings, for the convenience of employees, were stated to be from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. in the morning and again from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. in the evening for the LL.B.-3 years Degree course, the petitioner joined the said college in the First Year Law Degree course.

4. It is further stated that the Government Memo No.609/Service- C/78-1, General Administration (Service-C) Department, dt.06.04.1978, was not communicated to the petitioner after his appointment in the year 2005–06. Thereafter, pursuant the direction of the Hon’ble High Court in WP.No.30688/2013, dt.30.12.2015, the said Memo, dt.06.04.1978 was communicated to all the all the staff members of the District Units vide ROC.No.128/2016/C-3, dt.22.01.2016, by which time, the petitioner had applied for grant of permission on 04.06.2015 to the respondents to prosecute the LL.B. Degree evening course, and joined the 3 Years LL.B. Course and was continuing in the II Year LL.B. Degree, however, the said application for according permission was rejected by the High Court vide Official Memorandum in ROC No.1345/2015-C3 dt.17.07.2015.

5. It is further stated that in similar circumstances, two persons from Mahabubnagar District were granted permission to prosecute the 3 Years LL.B. course vide order in Dis.No.1453/22.02.1999, whereas the application of the petitioner was not considered. However, the petitioner completed the Three Years Law Course for the academic years 2014–17 and passed the said LL.B., Degree in First Class from Osmania University in the year 2017, and during the said period of study, it