Writ Petition No.2881 of 2026, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction), D. Ramesh, J., decided 13.02.2026 — Konchada Venkata Rao v. The State of AP and Others. The petitioner, aggrieved by the respondents' action in not considering his case for promotion to the post of Deputy Director/Deputy City Planner by reference to the common disciplinary proceedings dated 28.07.2025, sought a direction to consider him for the next level cadre post without referring to those proceedings. Background per the record: after an A.C.B. surprise check, charge memo No.1595/2020/M1 dated 20.08.2020 was issued; common disciplinary proceedings under Rule 24 of the A.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1991 were initiated against certain employees including the petitioner vide G.O.Rt.No.373 MA&UD (Vig-I) Dept. dated 12.06.2023 and are pending; per instructions of the Director of Town and Country Planning dated 03.02.2026, G.O.Rt.No.739, M.A&UD (VIG-I) Dept. dated 28.07.2025 records that the proceedings stand issued and WSD is awaited from the individual. The petitioner contended that under G.O.Ms.No.66 dated 30.01.1991 promotions cannot be deferred without filing a charge sheet or serving a memo, that no charges were framed or served on him under G.O.Rt.No.739, and that his case therefore be considered in terms of G.O.Ms.No.66; he had earlier filed W.P.No.3820 of 2024 invoking G.O.Ms.No.257, General Administration (Services-C) Department, dated 19.06.1999. Disposition: the writ petition was disposed of with the above observations, with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions were closed. The order records the rival contentions but contains no independent findings or directions of the Court.
