WP/19604/2024 of Smt. D. UshaRani Vs The Registrar Administration on 29 December 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

IUONDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY

AND

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO

WRIT PETITION NO: 19604 OF 2024

Between:

Smt. D. Usha Rani, D/o. D. Posham, Aged

At Junior Civil Judge Court, Bellampally, (Post), Adilabad District.

Occ: Jr. Superintendent

1't Zone, Kalyanikhani,

about: 41 years,

R/o. H.No.166,

...PETITIONER

AND

1. The Registrar Administration, High Courl for the State of Telangana At Hyderabad.

Principal District & Sessions Judge, Mancherial.

3. Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bellampalli, . Mancherial

4. Sri. tMd. lmtiyaz, Occ: Senior Superintendent I Addl District and Sessions Court, Off at ll Addl JCJ -cum- JFCNI Court, Mancherial

5. Sri. Mohammed Shaifuddin, Occ- Junior Superintendent, Off at- I Addl JCJ- Cum- JFCM Court, Mancherial.

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an Order, Writ or direction more particularly in the nature of the Writ of IIANDAMUS,

a. Declaring the Gradation list issued by the Respondent Authorities vide Circular Dis. No. 161212023i Admn, dated: 2810812023 and consequential

action of issuing promotion orders in favour of Respondents No.4 who is junior to the Petitioner as bad, arbitrary, illegal, discriminative and violative of Article 14, 21 of the Constitution of lndian and setaside the same or in the alternative,

b. Dire,:t the Respondent Authorities, more particularly the Respondent No.2

to Frromote the Petitioner herein on par with her junior and grant consequential benefits.

lA NO: 1 OF 2024

Petit on under section 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavil filed in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct the Respordents to consider the Representation dated 23.09.2023 given by the Petitioner lor promotion to senior superintendent, and not to affect further promotions till such disposal, pending disposal of the main present writ petition.

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI R. ANURAG

Counsel fol the Respondents No.1 to 3: SRI K.V. RAMAN

Counsel for the Respondents No.4 & S: SRI NAYAKWADI RAMESH

The Court ntade the following: ORDER

INTHEHIGHCOURTFORTHESTA'TEoFTELANGANAATYDERABAI)

THE, HONOUITAI}LE SRI.II-JSTICB P.SAM KOSHY

AND

THE IIONOURAI}LE SRI .IUSTICTi SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO

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Date:29.12.2025

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I hc Rcgistrar A<lministration' tligh Court lor thc State .,i-l-clangalla at Ilyderabad and otht'!'s Petitioner Respondents ORDER, (1tcr Hon'hle Sri'lLtstice P'Sunt Kosht')

I tcard Mr.R.Anura-9. lcamed cot-itrsel tor thc pctitioncr; Mr'K'V'Raman'

iuarned counscl fbr responclent Nos. i ro -i and Mr'Nayakn'adi Ramesh' learned r:ounsel for respondent Nos'4 and 5 ztnd pcrused the record'

2.

I.he preserrt Writ Petition r,r,hicil l..::rs bcen fiied b1' the petitioner claiming iirr rectilication oi graciation list publishcci b1' t'csponclenr-ar'rthorities and also subseclucnt promotion granted to respcindcnt Ntl"l ahead of the petitioner inspite of petitiorrer being senior'

3.

T'he respondents donn f-he linc lrirl'ing tjled thcir counter' today' when the lnatter is taken-up for hearipg, ieamci'1:Crr'tflSel rcprcsenting respondent Nos'l' 2 3

illbrms the Bench that in the gradation iist, there was an error detected and the petitioner admiuedly rvas senior to respt;tltlent Ng'4' rvhich subSequently stood rectifred vide order dated 2g.0g.2023 and the pctiiioner has been placed over and above resPondent No'4'

4.

'fhc second gricvancc o1' the pctitioner was that promotion that was granted to respondent No.4 ahead ol'thc iretitioner. 1'hc pronrotior-r to rcspondcnt No.4 u'as riranted un 26.1?.2{)23. l.ipon a qlrcru put to the cotrnscl lbr resporrdents as to *,h)'thc- pctitioner's cierittr Ibr pronrotion vl,as overloukccl. it iras becn itrlirmtcd that thc pctitiolrer w'a.i iirrrjergoing disciplinarl' procecclins.s rvherr promoti,)lt process u'as initiatcd. rvhcrc the departn:ental encluir,v 'vr.as conductcd lbr alle:rcd ntisconduct on the part oi' the petitioner bcing public scrvarlt.

Subscqucntl-r . departntcntal enqLrir.r' concluded and punishrnent o{"('LNS t iRI :'

passed aqainst the petitioner on 02.11.2022. In terms ol'the ltLrles soverninq the field. tht: pctitioner u'ould not have Lrecn cntitled Ibr consiilcring lbr pron]otiorl fbr a period of onc vear lrom the date of passing nrinor punishrnent. '['hr'

punishm,:nt \\'as issued on 07.11.2023. the petitioner coulcl not have been considert:d lbi'prornotion till 07.11.2024 and thereafier. r,r,hene\/cr vacAncies arise and prrotnotiolrs takcs places. the petitioner would be considercd lirr next promotion in accordance u,ith lail'.

5.

'['he albresaid lactual rnatrix is not disputed by learned counscl firr the petitioner. stt I'ar as the pctitioner being faced with the departnrental enquirl' when promotiolt process ivas initiatcd and the petitioner being subsequentll' punishe<I

rvitlr a minor punishnrent of 'CENSI-iRl;'passed on 07.11.2023. [n vier+.ol'thc- same, we do not I'ind anv strong case made out by the pctitioncr ars olnor.v.

6.

So tar as the promotion -eranted to respondent No.4 is conccrnecl and as regard:; thr.: grie r ancc ol thc gradation list is conceruec{. the samo sLan{s already rer:tilied and the pelitioner's seuioiity iraving been restorcd.

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Accordingly. the Writ Petition stood disrnissed. T'here shall be no order as to costs.

Pending rniscellaneoLrs applications. if an1'. shall starrd closcd.

SD/-L. VIJAYA LAXMI

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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