Smt. B Razia Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

Smt. B Razia Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the respondent authorities to consider the petitioner's candidature for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer without reference to the Charge Memo vide G.O.Rt.No.67, T.R. & B. (Vig. R&B) Department, dated 06.03.2023, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257 dated 10.06.1999; no order as to costs; pending Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents' non-consideration of the petitioner's candidature for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer in the R&B Department, on mere pendency of Charge Memo vide G.O.Rt.No.67 dated 06.03.2023, is illegal and arbitrary, and whether she is entitled to a direction for promotion consideration without reference to that Charge Memo in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257 dated 10.06.1999.

Court's answer

The Court disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider the petitioner's candidature for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer without reference to the Charge Memo issued vide G.O.Rt.No.67, T.R. & B. (Vig. R&B) Department, dated 06.03.2023, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257 dated 10.06.1999.

Ratio / Principle

The Court expressly declined to enter into the merits of the case, disposing of the petition in view of the petitioner's plea of coverage by the earlier order in W.P. No.1481 of 2026 dated 03.02.2026; there was no adjudication on the legality of withholding promotion during pendency of the charge memo.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Andhra Pradesh High Court (Single Bench, Justice D Ramesh) disposed of a writ petition filed under Article 226 by Smt. B Razia, Assistant Executive Engineer (R&B), challenging the respondents' action in not considering her candidature for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer in the Roads and Buildings Department on mere pendency of a Charge Memo issued vide G.O.Rt.No.67, T.R. & B. (Vig. R&B) Department, dated 06.03.2023 (incident pertains to the year 2015-16). The petitioner pleaded that the matter was squarely covered by the order dated 03.02.2026 in W.P. No.1481 of 2026. Without going into the merits, the Court directed the respondent authorities to consider her promotion candidature without reference to the Charge Memo, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257 dated 10.06.1999. No order as to costs; pending Miscellaneous Petitions closed.

APHC010082392026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH

WRIT PETITION NO: 4698/2026

Between:

SMT. B RAZIA, W/O SHAIK DADA PEER, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, WORKING AS ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(RANDB), RANDB SECTION, PORUMAMILLA, R/O 10-39, DUDEKULA STREET, BADVEL, BADVEL MANDAL, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT,516227.

...PETITIONER

AND

THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, TRANDB DEPARTMENT, A.P SECRETARIAT VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, 522238.

THE ENGINEERINCHIEF ADMN, ROAD AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT, STATE HODS OFFICES BUILDING, MG ROAD VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT, 520010.

...RESPONDENT(S):

The Court made the following ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

“to issue a Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the action of the respondents in not considering the candidature of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer in R and B Department, on mere pendency of Charge Memo vide G.O.Rt.No. 67 TR and B(VIG.R and B) Dept,, dated 06.03.2023 (incident pertains to the year 2015- 16), issued by the 1st respondent, denial of promotion is illegal, arbitrary, whimsical and in violation of Principles of Natural Justice and contrary, consequently direct the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer without reference to the Charge memo vide G.O.Rt.No. 67 TR and B(VIG.RandB) Dept,, dated 06.03.2023 in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257 dated 10-06-1999 on the same analogy of similar directions of this Honble Court passed in W.P. No. 25098 Of 2024 and W.P. No. 9722 of 2024 which were granted by duly following the reported judgment of the Division Bench Govt of A.P rep by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department Vs. A. Rajeswara Reddy and G.O.Ms.No. 679, dated. 1-11-2008, and pass….”

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents.

The case of the petitioner is that the respondents have not considered the candidature of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer in the Roads and Buildings Department, merely on account of the pendency of a Charge Memo issued vide G.O.Rt.No.67, T.R. & B. (Vig. R&B) Department, dated 06.03.2023, by the 1^st respondent.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the present writ petition is squarely covered by the order passed by this Court in W.P. No.1481 of 2026, dated 03.02.2026, and seeks similar relief in the present case.

In view of the above, this Court is not inclined to go into the merits of the case. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider the candidature of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer, without reference to the Charge Memo issued vide G.O.Rt.No.67, T.R. & B. (Vig. R&B) Department, dated 06.03.2023, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.257, dated 10.06.1999. There shall be no order as to costs.

Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed.

JUSTICE D RAMESH

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH

WRIT PETITION NO: 4698/2026

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