[3331 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION NO: 1894 OF 2025 Between: 1. R.Lakshminarayana Raju, S/o. Venkateswarla Raju, aged about 53 years, Occ - Deputy Executive Engineer NSJC Monitorium Sub Division, Vinukonda, Guntur District-522 647. ...PETITIONERS AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department Secretariat, Velgapudi, Guntur District. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief (Admn.Wing), Water Resources Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Currency Nagar, NH-5 Link Road, Ramavarappadu, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3. The Superintending Engineer, NSJC O&M Circle, Lingamguntia, Narsaraopet, Guntur District - 522 601. ...RESPONDENTS A 4i 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 pipased to issue writ, order or direction more particularly one in the najiife of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent in pot* considering the representation dated 02.08.2024 made by the petitioner for notional promotions to the next higher cadres as void, illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the 1®* respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for notional promotion to the next higher posts by including his name in the cadre of Dy.E.E in the panel year of 2005-2006 by taking in to consideration of the notional promotion effected in the cadre of Technical Officer vide. Proc.No. AB/EC.1/E/3/106M, dated 13.03.2020. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 1®* respondent to consider the representation made by the petitioner dated 02.08.2024 for consideration of the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer in one of the existing vacancy either regular or Adhoc, pending disposal of the main writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI. S JAGADISH Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES III The Court made the following: ORDER APHC010035072025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3331] ;! WEDNESDAY ,THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION NO: 1894/2025 Between; ...PETITIONER R.lakshminarayana Raju AND ...RESPONDENT{S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1.S JAGADISH Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FOR SERVICES III The Court made the following ORDER: Heard Sri S.Jagadish, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sarath, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services for the respondents 1 to 3. The above writ petition is filed to declare the action of the 1®‘ respondent in not considering the representation dated 02.08.2024 made by the petitioner seeking notional promotion to the next higher cadre, as illegal and arbitrary. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is in fact, eligible for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer. Since the representation of the petitioner is not considered, the above writ petition is filed. 2. /' N 3. 2 > 4. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner confined his arguments and urged this Court to direct the respondent to consider the representation made by the petitioner (Ex.P.1). Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services did not refute the said submission. 5. 6. Indeed, directing the authorities to consider the representation is deprecated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Government of India v. P.Venkatesh^ Since the writ petition is filed to consider the representation of the petitioner, keeping the writ petition pending will not serve any purpose. 7. 8. Given the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of, at the admission stage with the consent of learned counsel on either side directing the 1 St respondent to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 02.08.2024 (Ex.P.1) and pass appropriate orders, strictly as per rules. No order as to costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- G.HELANAIDU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ' SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department Secretariat, Velgapudi, Guntur District. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief (Admn.Wing),, Water Resources Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Currency Nagar NH-5 Link Road, Ramavarappadu, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3. The Superintending Engineer,, NSJC O and M Circle, Lingamguntia, Narsaraopet, Guntur District - 522 601. 4. OneCCto SRI. S JAGADISH Advocate [OPUC] V 9 5. Two CCs to GP FOR SERVICES III .High Court Of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies HIGH COURT DATED: 05/02/2025 ORDER WP.No.1894 of 2025 cJ 18 FEB 2025 o Current Section ^SPATCVVeg,^^ DfSPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS