APHC010109342011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WRIT PETITION NO: 19492 of 2011 Bench Sr.No:-3 [3552] Irrigineni Venkata Hari Krishna ...Petitioner Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary and another ...Respondents ********** Advocate for petitioner : None Advocate for respondents : Learned Government Pleader for Education CORAM : THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN DATE : 5th January 2026 P C : None for the petitioner. 2. By virtue of our order dated 19.12.2025, we had directed the learned counsel for respondent No.2. i.e., the Commissioner and Director General of School Education to file an affidavit giving timelines with regard to filling up of the unfilled direct recruit posts of 120 Lecturers and 46 Senior Lecturers in District Institutes of Education and Training (D.I.E.Ts.) across the State and 10 Lecturers in State Council of Educational Research and Training (S.C.ER.T.) for direct recruitment. 2 3. Today, learned counsel for respondent No.2 has drawn our attention to the Memo dated 04.01.2026 addressed by the Additional Secretary to Government, School Education (Services-I) Department to the learned Government Pleader for School Education as also the Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh. 4. The stand taken by the learned counsel for respondent No.2 is that communication dated 26.08.2024 was addressed by the Education Department to the Government to take necessary action to fill up the aforementioned posts and since the Finance Department is the competent authority to notify the vacancies for direct recruitment through the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (A.P.P.S.C.), no response has yet been received from the Finance Department. 5. We dispose of this petition with a direction to the Principal Secretary, Finance Department to decide the issue of filling up the aforementioned posts and the decision be taken not later than six (6) weeks from today. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, CJ CHALLA GUNARANJAN, J AMD 3 03 HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE & HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN WRIT PETITION NO: 19492 of 2011 Dt:05.01.2026 AMD