3? I! ' « APHC010538772023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PCTTION NO: 28035 OF 20?.^ Between; 1. Kotagiri Panindra S/o Venkateswarao, Aged 43 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher,’ Presently working at ZPH School, Kruthivennu Mandal, Krishna District. 2. Pola Muni Kumar, S/o Aged 42 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at Govt. High School, Kulluru, Kaluvoya Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. 3. Jerripothula Nanaji, S/o Aged 43 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Byripuram (V), Merakamudedam Mandal, Vizianagaram District. Yerra Venkata Lakshmi, W/o Aged 43 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, P.K. Palavalasa, Cheepurupalli Mandal, Vizianagaram District. Vemula Venkateswara Rao, S/o Anjaiah, Aged 54 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher,' -Presently working at ZPH School, Alluru, Mudinepalli Mandal, Krishna District. Challapalli Kishore Babu, S/o Bhaskara Rao, Aged 47 Years, Occ: Physica.1 Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, V'ipparla Reddypalem, Rompicherla Mandal, Palnadu District. G. Srinivasa Rao, S/o Ramakoteswara Rao, Aged 45 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Solasa Village, Edlapadu Mandal, Guntur District. Kommineni Naga Sanjeeva Rao, S/o Subba Rao, Aged 53 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Julakallu, Kakumanu Mandal, Palnadu District. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. M 9. Somara Prasanna Lakshmi, D/o Raghu Ramulu, Aged 40 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Jallipalli, Kuderu Mandal, Ananthapuramu District. Neelamsetty Govinda, S/o Ramu, Aged 48 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Rolugunta, Rolugunta Mandal, Anakapalli District. P. Sreenivasulu, S/o Parvathaiah, Aged 45 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Penakacherla Dam, Garladinne Mandal, Ananthapuramu District. Atmakuru Ramesh, S/o Sreenivasulu, Aged 38 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at TJN ZPP High School, Ananthasagaram Village & Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. M. Nuruddin, S/o Kalesha, Aged 49 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School (Urdu), Peddabagani, Gongavaram Mandal, Chittoor District. Sonikanti Siva Sankar, S/o Narayana, Aged 56 Years, Occ; Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Peddamallela (POO, Rompicherla Mandal, Chittoor District. Katari Reddemma, W/o Aged 43 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at B.R. Govt. High School, Punganur Village Mandal, Chittoor District. A. M. Shammi Kumar, S/o A.V. Munichandran, Aged 44 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Gonumokulapalli, V. Kota Mandal, Chittoor District. Kusi Lovaraju S/o Appanna, aged 39 years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Gudivada, S.Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. Edimudi Varalakshmi, D/o Sahadevapp aged 42 Years, Occ: Physical Education Teacher, Presently working at ZPH School, Havaligi Village, VidapanakalMandal, AnanthapuramuDistrict. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. a, ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 2. The Commissioner and Director of School Education, Anjaneya Towers B Block, Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada, NTR District-521001. 3. The District Educational Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 4. The District Educational Officer, SPSR Nellore District, Nellore. 5. The District Educational Officer, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagaram. 6. The District Educational Officer, Palnadu District, Sathenapalli. 7. The District Educational Officer, Guntur District, Guntur. 8. The District Educational Officer, Ananthapuramu District, Ananthaapuramu. 9. The District Educational Visakhapatnam. Officer, Visakhapatnam District, ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ or Order, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned condition imposed on P.E.Ts., to opt for transfer in the, leftover vacancies in Instruction (vii) vide impugned proceedings 22.05.2023 issued by the 2nd respondent and the consequential individual transfer orders dated 11.06.2023 issued to the petitioners and set them aside as bad, illegal, improper, arbitrary, unjust, unfair, discrimination, amounts to non-application of mind, colourable exercise their power, contrary to law, contrary to the Transfer Guidelines, 2023 and in Violation of principles of natural justice and also in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to reconsider the transfers of the petitioners in the existing and blocked vacancies by duly considering their seniority and station points Via lA NO: 1 OF 2023 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend the impugned proceedings dated 22.05.2023 issued by the 2nd respondent and the consequential individual transfer orders dated 11.06.2023 issued to the petitioners, pending disposal of the Writ Petition lA NO: 2 OF 2023 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents reconsider the transfers of the petitioners in the existing and blocked vacancies by duly considering their seniority and station points, pending disposal of the Writ Petition Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI G V L MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES III The Court made the following order: APHC010538772023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 28035/2023 Between: 1. KOTAGIRI PANINDRA, S/0 VENKATESWARAO, AGED 43 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING ATZPH SCHOOL, KRUTHIVENNU MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 2. POLA MUNI KUMAR,, S/0 AGED 42 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL, KULLURU, KALUVOYA MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 3. JERRIPOTHULA NANAJI,, S/0 AGED 43 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, BYRIPURAM (V), MERAKAMUDEDAM MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 4. YERRA VENKATA LAKSHMI,, W/0 AGED 43 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICALEDUCATIONTEACHER, PRESENTLYWORKINGAT ZPH SCHOOL, P.K. PALAVALASA, CHEEPURUPALLI MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 5. VEMULA VENKATESWARA RAO,, S/0 ANJAIAH, AGED 54 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER. PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, ALLURU, MUDINEPALLI MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 6. CHALLAPALLI KISHORE BABU„ S/0 BHASKARA RAO, AGED 47 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, VIPPARLA REDDYPALEM, ROMPICHERLA MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT. 7. G. SRINIVASA RAO,, S/0 RAMAKOTESWARA RAO, AGED 45 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, SOLASA VILLAGE, EDLAPADU f 2 Af MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 8. KOMMINENI NAGA SANJEEVA RAO,, S/0 SUBBA RAO, AGED 53 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, JULAKALLU, KAKUMANU MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT. 9. SOMARA PRASANNA LAKSHMI, , D/0 RAGHU RAMULU, AGED 40 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, JALLIPALLI, KUDERU MANDAL, ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. 10.NEELAMSETTY GOVINDA,, S/0 RAMU, AGED 48 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, ROLUGUNTA, ROLUGUNTA MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. 11. P. SREENIVASULU,, S/0 PARVATHAIAH, AGED 45 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, PENAKACHERLA DAM, GARLADINNE MANDAL, ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. 12.ATMAKURU RAMESH,, S/0 SREENIVASULU, AGED 38 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT TJN ZPP HIGH SCHOOL, ANANTHASAGARAM VILLAGE 86 MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 13.M. NURUDDIN,, S/0 KALESHA, AGED 49 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLYWORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL (URDU), PEDDABAGANI, GONGAVARAM MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 14.SONIKANTI SIVA SANKAR,, S/0 NARAYANA, AGED 56 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, PEDDAMALLELA (POO, ROMPICHERLA MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 15.KATARI REDDEMMA,, W/0 AGED 43 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT B.R. GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL, PUNGANUR VILLAGE 86 MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 16.A. M. SHAMMI KUMAR,, S/0 A.V. MUNICHANDRAN, AGED 44 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, GONUMOKULAPALLI, V. KOTA MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 3 17.KUSI LOVARAJU, S/0 APPANNA, AGED 39 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, GUDIVADA, S.RAYAVARAM MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 18.EDIMUDI VARALAKSHMI,, D/O SAHADEVAPPA, AGED 42 YEARS, OCC. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, PRESENTLY WORKING AT ZPH SCHOOL, HAVALIGI VILLAGE, VIDAPANAKAL MANDAL, ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. t ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2.THE COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, ANJANEYA TOWERS B BLOCK, IBRAHIMPATNAM, VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT-521001. 3.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, KRISHNA DISTRICT, MACHILIPATNAM. 4.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT, NELLORE. 5.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT, VIZIANAGARAM. 6.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, PALNADU DISTRICT, SATHENAPALLI. 7.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, GUNTUR DISTRICT, GUNTUR. 8.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT, ANANTHAAPURAMU. 9.THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, VISAKHAPATNAM. ...RESPONDENT(S); Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue a Writ or Order, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned condition imposed on P.E.Ts., to opt for transfer in the, leftover vacancies in Instruction (vii) vide impugned proceedings 22.05.2023 issued by the 2nd respondent and the consequential individual transfer orders dated 11.06.2023 issued to the petitioners and set them aside as bad, illegal, improper, arbitrary, unjust, unfair, discrimination, amounts to non-application of mind, colourable exercise their power, contrary to law, contrary to the Transfer Guidelines, 2023 and in Violation of principles of natural justice and also in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to reconsider the transfers of the petitioners in the existing and blocked vacancies by duly considering their seniority and station points and pass lA NO: 1 OF 2023 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to suspend the impugned proceedings dated 22.05.2023 issued by the 2nd respondent and the consequential individual transfer orders dated 11.06.2023 issued to the petitioners, pending disposal of the Writ Petition and to pass lA NO: 2 OF 2023 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the respondents reconsider the transfers of the petitioners in the existing and blocked vacancies by duly considering their seniority and station points, pending disposal of the Writ Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1.G VLMURTHY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FOR SERVICES III The Court made the following: V 5 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY W.P.No.28035 of 2023 ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the impugned condition imposed on P.E.Ts to opt for transfer in the leftover vacancies in Instruction (vii) vide impugned proceedings dated 22.05.2023 issued by the Respondent No.2 and the consequential individual transfer orders dated 11.06.2023 issued to the Petitioners and set them aside as illegal and arbitrary. Learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that in view of the passage 2. of time, no cause survives in the present writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sqquel, the miscellaneous petitions if any shall stand closed. 3. Sd/- P VINOD KUMAR ASSISTANT^^ISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. One CC to SRI G V L MURTHY Advocate [OPUC] 2. Two CCs to GP FOR SERVICES III High Court [OUT] 3. Two CD Copies of Andhra Pradesh gsg - ■¥ HIGH COURT DATED: 25/07/2025 ORDER WP NO. 28035 OF 2023 DISMISSING THE WP AS INFRUCTUOUS WITHOUT COSTS