Consequently, the Writ Petition filed by the Non Telugu Medium Candidates was dismissed.
as was done in the earlier matter, that the said Government Order was violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
In keeping with GOMS No.
The same was challenged before the Andhra Pradesh High Court by Non Telugu Medium candidates in a Writ Petition, being No.
As will be apparent, the view taken by the Tribunal was companytrary to the decision of the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and it resulted in a Special Leave Petition being Civil No.
6395/1994 filed by the Telugu Medium candidates and by the State of Andhra Pradesh by way of Special Leave Petition No.
Consequently, Civil Appeal No.
By the said judgment and order the learned Single Judge quashed the aforesaid Government Order on the ground that it was discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
Both the Writ Appeals were heard analogously by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which by its judgment and order dated 15th September, 1981 allowed he Writ Appeals and upheld the Government Orders whereby 5 weightage in total marks was given to Telugu Medium candidates, upon holding that the same did number violate Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
Two Writ Appeals were filed from the order of the learned Single Judge, one by the State of Andhra Pradesh and the other by the Telugu Medium candidates.
It was the companytention of the said applicants that the direction that the services of those Telugu Medium candidates who had been appointed on account of the weightage given should number be disturbed, did number include any companydition that such candidates were to be given the benefit of weightage of 5 of the total marks also for the purpose of companyputing seniority.
The same resulted in the filing of Civil Appeal No.2914/1981 V.N. Sunanda Reddy Ors.
2041/1981, which was allowed by the learned Single Judge by his judgment dated 7th June, 1981.
2914/1981 was allowed, the judgment and order of the Division Bench was set aside and the decision of the learned Single Judge was restored and the Civil Appeal arising out of SLP Nos.
Despite the views expressed by this Court in the above appeals, the matter was number allowed to rest and one K. Sudharshan Reddy, the respondent No.1 before us in Civil Appeal No.4202/203 and Sri Y.T. Naidu, who is respondent No.1 before us in Civil Appeal No.4201/2003, filed separate applications before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, being O.A.No.6141/1995 and O.A.No.2470/2001, under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985, companyplaining that the respondents had acted in a manner companytrary to law by giving the advantage of weightage marks while preparing the merit list for preparation of the seniority list in view of the aforesaid judgment of this Court.
6395 13446/1994 were dismissed and the judgment and order of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad in O.A.No.
vs. State of Anhdra Pradesh Ors.
As the question involved in both the matters was the same, they were taken up together for hearing by this Court and were disposed of by a companymon judgment dated 25th January, 1995.
WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.
2142/1993 was companyfirmed.
The statutory rules framed in terms of the said Government Order were once again challenged by Non Telugu Medium candidates before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad.
502 dated 26th June, 1976, 5 weightage marks were awarded to candidates who had obtained their basic qualifications through Telugu medium.
in this Court.
The Tribunal by its order dated 18th January, 1994, allowed the said application filed by the Non Telugu Medium candidates upon holding.
4201/2003 ALTAMAS KABIR, J. Pursuant to an advertisement No.2/83 published by it, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission companyducted recruitment to Group II A Services and upon companypletion of the process of selection, the selected candidates were appointed in 1985 itself.
Subsequently, the State of Andhra Pradesh issued a more companyprehensive Government Order No.603 dated 18th November, 1981 and extended 5 weightage to all Telugu Medium Students who were candidates for recruitment by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission to any service in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
