1 APHC010796412016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO: 20521 OF 2016 Between: 1. M. Radha Krishna, S/o. M.Gouru Naidu, Aged about 41 years, Post Graduate Teacher (PGT), A.P. Tribal Welfare Residential School of Excellence, Jogimpeta, Vizianagaram. ...Petitioner AND 1. The Secretary, A.P. Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (Gurukulam), Hyderabad. 2. State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by Its Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. J Venu Prasad Rao, Post Graduate Teacher, C/o. The Secretary, APTWREI Society, Hyderabad. ...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, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner on par with junior the 3rd respondent herein for 2 promotion to the post of Principal as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, illegal, discriminative in nature, contrary to law and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution and thereby directing the official Respondents to promote the Petitioner to the post of Principal with effect from the date on which his junior was promoted to the said post with all consequential, monetary and service benefits, in the interest of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: A SURYA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE (AP) The Court made the following ORDER: 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.20521 OF 2016 ORDER: No representation for the petitioner. 2. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following main prayer: to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner on par with junior the 3rd respondent herein for promotion to the post of Principal as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, illegal, discriminative in nature, contrary to law and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution and thereby directing the official Respondents to promote the Petitioner to the post of Principal with effect from the date on which his junior was promoted to the said post with all consequential, monetary and service benefits, in the interest of justice and to pass…. 3. The sum and substance of the writ petition is that the petitioner is seeking a direction to consider his case for promotion to the post of Principal of the school. 4. The petitioner while working as Post-graduate Teacher (PGT) in A.P.Tribal Welfare Residential School of Excellence, Jogimpeta, 4 Vizianagaram District and he instituted the present writ petition to direct the respondents to consider his case for the post of Principal. 5. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, none appeared for the petitioner. Per contra, learned Standing Counsel for the 1st respondent on written instructions submits that the respondent authorities considered the case of the petitioner and promoted him as Principal vide proceedings in Rc.No.470/B1/2018, dated 04.02.2019. Consequently, the petitioner also joined in the said post. 6. He also forwarded another proceedings in Rc.No.APTWRE- 11057/6/2021-B1-SOW06 dated 15.06.2021, which reveals that the petitioner’s services were also regularized by the respondent- authorities. By placing reliance on the said written instructions, learned Standing Counsel prays this Court to close the writ petition as the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication. 7. As there is no representation for the petitioner coupled with the fact that the written instructions were filed by the learned Standing Counsel, it is apparent that the prayer of the petitioner was considered. 5 8. Accordingly, by making the written instructions as part of the record, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending if any, shall stand closed. ______________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM, J Date:24.09.2025 Rns 6 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.20521 of 2016 Date:24.09.2025 RNS