IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MADHAVI DEVI WRIT PETITION NO.46381 OF 2022 DATED : 14.05.2026 Between:

A.Ramachandar ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, MA & UD Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and 3 others ... Respondents

O R D E R

In this Writ Petition, the petitioner is seeking a Writ of Mandamus to call for the records relating to the impugned orders dt.22.08.2024 and to set aside the same by declaring them as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and also contrary to the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of State of Punjab and others Vs. Jagjith Singh and others, (2017) 1 SCC 148 and consequently to direct the

respondents to extend the benefit of minimum time scale as per the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Punjab and others Vs. Jagjith Singh and others (1 supra) on par with the petitioner’s juniors and also to pay the arrears and to pass such other order or orders.

2. Brief facts leading to the filing of this Writ Petition are that the petitioner was appointed as a Public Health W