B. Romano Vs The District Education Officer — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

B. Romano Vs The District Education Officer — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

None; the writ petition was dismissed as infructuous, miscellaneous petitions were ordered closed, and no order was made as to costs. No substantive relief on the transfer application or compensation claims.

Issue for consideration

Whether Column No. 8 of the DEO Verified Transfer Application - 2018 of the petitioner dated 22.06.2018 is arbitrary, illegal, malafide and discriminatory, violating Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution, and liable to be set aside. +2 more

Ratio / Principle

Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that due to efflux of time the cause in the present Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the matter has become infructuous, the High Court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous.

Key takeaways

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the Writ Petition shall stand closed, and there shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶32

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Justice Pulla Karthik, sole judge) - W.P. No. 21556 of 2018 (decided 04.02.2025): Petition under Article 226 by a Gazetted Head Master (B. Romano) challenging Column No. 8 of her DEO Verified Transfer Application - 2018 dated 22.06.2018 as arbitrary, illegal, malafide and discriminatory (violating Articles 14, 16 and 21), seeking acceptance of her transfer application by extension of web-option time or manual receipt, consideration in terms of orders dated 15.06.2018 in I.A. No. 1 of 2018 in W.P. No. 19390 of 2018, and compensation recoverable from Respondent 6 (R. Rohini, DEO, Bhuvanagiri); interim applications I.A. Nos. 1 and 2 of 2018 under Section 151 CPC were on file. At hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that due to efflux of time the cause did not survive for adjudication and had become infructuous. Held: recording the submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous; pending miscellaneous petitions stand closed; no order as to costs. No substantive issue was adjudicated and no precedent was applied.

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE^{OF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original J urisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF^FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY^FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE^{PULLA KARTHIK}

WRIT PETITION NO: 21556 OF²⁰¹⁸

Between:

B. Romano, D/o Sri Ramachandhram^{Aged46 years,Occ. Gazetted Head} Master Zilla Parishad High School,^{Choulla Ramaram Addagudurul/andal,} Bhuvanagiri - Yadadri District

...PETITIONER

AND

1 The District Education Officer, Bhuvanagiri,^{YadadriDistrict} 2 The District Education Officer, Nalgonda,^{Nalgonda District} 3 Regional Joint Director of School Education,^Hyderabad. 4 The Commissioner and Director of School^{Education, Stateof Telangana,} Saifabad, Hyderabad.

5 State of Telangana, represented by^{its Special Chief Secretary,School} Education Department, Secretariat,^Hyderabad.

6 R. Rohini, District Education Officer^{Bhuvanagiri, Yadadri District}

..RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of lhe constitution^{of lndia prayingthat in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit^{filed therewith,the High Court may be} pleased to grant appropriate relief more in the^{natureof writ of [/andamus under} Article 226 of the constitution of^{lndia declaringcolumn No.8 of the Do Verified} Transfer Application^- 2018 of the^{petitionerdated22.06.2O18 as arbitrary,illegal,} malafide and discriminatory, violating^{.Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the constitution of} lndia and contrary to the orders^passed by^{this Hon'bleHigh Court dated} .15.06.2018 in lA 1 0f 2018 in WP No.19390 0f 2018 and set aside the same and issue consequential directions, directing^{the respondentsto forthwith acceptthe} transfer application - 2018 submitted by^{the petitioner either by extending the lime} limit of web-option or to receive option manually^{and consider the case of the} petitioner for transfer in terms of the orders^passed by^{this Hon'bleHigh court} idated 15.06.2018 in lA 1 0f 2018 in wP No.19390^{0f 2018 and further directthe} :rkpondents to pay appropriate compensation to the petitioner for the unnecessary

expenses she had tl go and for the mental agony and frustration suffered by the petitioner anrj recov,:'the same from the 6th respondent

lA NO: 1 OF 2018

Petition unde Section 151 CPC praying that in the circunrs.ances stated in the affidavit filed in s Lrpport of the petition, the High Court may be 1,lss5g6 to direct the respondent tc pay appropriate compensation to the pe:itioner for the unnecessary expenies she had met and for the mental agony and frustration because of the actor of the^'l st respondent and recover the sar,re from the 6th respondent, lrendinc rjisposal of the Writ Petition.

lA NO: 2 OF 2018

Petitior under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumslances stated in the affidavit flled in support of the petition, the High Court Tay be g;leased to direct the respondents to forlhwith accept the application of the petitioner for transfer and permit the pe:titioner to submit the option for transfer eithr:r by exl:nding the time for submissrc n of lvr,t; option or taking the option manually and :c nsider the case for transfer as per oct ons of the petitioner, if necessary suspendirg Column B of the DEO Verified Trrrsfer Application - 2018 dated 22.0e .ZO1B, p:nding disposal of the wnt pe:ition.

Counsel forlhe Pet tioner: Ms. KOMALA REP., FOR SRl. P V KR SHNAIAH

Counsel for 1:he Respondents: GP FOR SERVICES I

The Court m,ade the following: ORDER

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

WRIT PETITION No.21556 OF 2018

ORDER:

When the matter is taken up for hearing, Ms.Komala, learned counsel representing Sri P.V.Krishnaiah, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that due to efflux of time the causc in the present Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the matter has becomc infructuous

Recording the above said submission, this Writ Petition is dismissed as inlructuous

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition. shall stand closed. There sha1l be no order as to

costs

SD/. T. JAYASREE ASS TANT^REGISTRAR

//TRUE^COPY//

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DATED:0410212025

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DISMISSING'THE WRIT PETITION AS INFRUCTIJOUS WITHOUT COSTS A P _( c/-,> tt 2--t