IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAV MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE B S BHANUMATHI yVRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 2092 OF 202^^ (O.A.No.1835 of 2018^ Between: 1. L Saravana, S/o K Loknadhan, Aged 40 years, Occ; Junior Assistant in Sri Pallikondaswara Swamy Temple Suruttapalli Nagalapuram Mandal Chittoor District 2. N. Sankara, S/o N. Raveendar, Aged 42 years, Occ; Junior Assistant in Sri Tallapaka Pedda Gangamma Temple, Tirupathi District Town, Chittoor ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its PrI. Secretary, Revenue (Endowments) Department, Secretariat, Amaravathi, A.P 2. The Commissioner of Endowments, Government of AP Gollapudi,Vijayawada Rural. 3. Sri Pallikondaswara Swamy Temple, Suruttapalli Nagalapuram Mandal Chittoor District Rep by its Executive Officer 4. Sri Tallapaka Pedda Gangamma Temple, Tirupathi Town Chittoor District Rep by its Executive Officer , Amaravathi ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of Ihe Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court be pleased to issue order may or orders declaring the action of the Respondents as executive officer Gr III by transfer from per the seniority list approved by the 2 Ms No, 262 Rev (End.l) in not appointing the applicants the cadre of Junior assistants as nd respondent basing on the rules framed under GO dept dt 20-5-2602 though the applicants are fully eligible and qualified to hold the said post as per GO Ms No. 262 dt 20-5-2002 as illegal, arbitrary, highhanded and cannot be justified in the eye of law and consequently direct the respondents to follow the rules framed undergo Ms No 262 dt 20-5-2002 to appoint the applicants to the post of Executive officer Gr.lll by transfer as per their qualification and eligibility in their District by duly following their seniority with all consequential benefits ill the interest of justice. lA NO: 1 OF 2021 Petition under Section 15T CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the applicants herein to file Hon ble Tribunal since the applicants herein have paid court fee of Rs 50/- in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI K. V. N. BHUPAL ^ Counsel for the Respondent Nos.l & 2: GP FOR SERVICES Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3 & 4: M/s. DEVI SUBHASHINI SC FOR ENDOWMENTS a common OA before this a separate set of I ANNE The Court made the following: ORDER I The Honourable Ms Justice B.S.Bhanumathi I, Writ Petition Transferee! from A.P.A.T. No:2092 of 2021 (O.A.No.1835 of 2018) ORDER: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking the following relief; “...to issue order or orders declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the applicants as Executive Officer Gr.lll by transfer from the cadre of Junior Assistants as per the seniority list approved by the 2"^^ respondent basing on the rules G.O.Ms.No.262, Revenue (Endowments-I), Department, dated 20.05.2002 though the applicants are fully eligible and qualified to hold the said post as per G.O.Ms.No.262, dated 20.05.2002 as illegal, arbitrary, highhanded and cannot be justified in the eye of law and consequently direct the respondents to follow the rules framed under G.O.Ms.No.262, dated 20.05.2002 to appoint the applicants to the post of Executive Officer Gr.lll by transfer as per their qualification and eligibility in their district by duly following their seniority with all consequential benefits ill the interest of justice and pass...” framed under The notices sent to the parties as per the order dated 24.03.2025 were served as per the postal track reports on the website of the Indian On 02.04.2025, notice (vide consignment number 2. Postal Service. RN612850536IN) was served on the 1®* petitioner. On 01.04.2025, notice i:' W.P.(A.T.).No.2092 of 2021 (vide consignment number petitioner. Acknowledgments RN612850522IN) are awaited was served on the 2^^ 3. In spite of due service of notice on the petitioners, they have writ petition is dismissed for default. turned up. Accordingly, the not There shall be no order as to costs. Interim orders granted earlier. Pending miscellaneous applications if any, shall stand vacated, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- M. RAMESH BABU deputy registrar //TRUE COPY// To, 2 0 ^ ^ ^ Bbupal, Advocate fOPUCJ 20neCC,oM/s.DeviSubhashi™Anne,SCfor 3. Two CCS to GP for Services 4- Three CD Copies. EndowmentsfOPUCJ J Pradesh. [OUT] -I. High Court of Andhra ssb HIGH COURT DATE0:28/04/2025 ORDER WP(AT).No.2092 of 2021 DISMISSING THE W.P (AT) FOR WITHOUT COSTS ' default