Vangavolu Nageswara Rao, v. The State of Ap., Rep by The Secretary Law
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous dismissal of a 2009 writ petition (WP No. 20192/2009, decided 19.01.2026) challenging G.O.Ms.Nos. 81 and 82, Law (LA & J.SC.F) Department, promoting 25 Senior Civil Judges as District and Sessions Judges for Fast Track Courts under Rule 15 of the A.P. State Judicial Service Rules, 2007, excluding the petitioner; grounds pleaded included Articles 14, 16 and 300-A, natural justice and legitimate expectation; decided without touching merits; interim applications of 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014 stood closed; bench: R. Raghunandan Rao, J. (author) and T.C.D. Sekhar, J.; useful only as procedural history of the promotion dispute, not as authority on judicial-service promotions.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the submission that the matter has become infructuous, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, with no order as to costs.