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Smt. a. Padmavathi v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC23 Jul 2025WP/3627/2021

Case brief

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What is this about?

Telangana High Court; W.P. No. 3627 of 2021; Surepalli Nanda, J.; 23.07.2025; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty to file fresh writ petition; no costs; miscellaneous petitions closed; withdrawal letter dated 16.07.2025; Staff Nurse inter-se-seniority; Rule 16(h) General Rules; promotion to Head Nurse; Hyderabad City Unit; provisional seniority list Memo No.2211A212019; Ayush Department; Article 226; I.A. No. 1 of 2021 Section 151 CPC; no precedent cited; no merits decided.

What did the court decide?

No relief on merits. Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh writ petition with all the necessary corrections; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition stand closed. ¶32

Smt. a. Padmavathi Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the action of the official respondents in promoting unofficial respondents 3 and 4 to the post of Head Nurse without finalising the inter-se-seniority of Staff Nurses in the Hyderabad City Unit in accordance with Rule 16(h) of the General Rules was illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory, entitling the petitioner to promotion as Head Nurse from the date the unofficial respondents were promoted, with consequential benefits. (Raised in the prayer; not adjudicated, as the petition was withdrawn.)

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Ratio / Principle

Taking into consideration the counsel's letter dated 16.07.2025 and his submissions, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh writ petition with all the necessary corrections.

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Key takeaways

There shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶32
As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall also stand closed.ratio¶35

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court for the State of Telangana (Surepalli Nanda, J.), 23-07-2025, W.P. No. 3627 of 2021: dismissed as withdrawn. The petitioner, a Staff Nurse at Govt. (Homeo) Hospital, Ramanthapur, had sought a Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 declaring illegal the promotion of respondents 3 and 4 to Head Nurse without finalising the inter-se-seniority of Staff Nurses of the Hyderabad City Unit pursuant to the provisional seniority list vide Memo No.2211A212019 dated 221212019, claiming placement per Rule 16(h) of the General Rules with consequential benefits. Learned counsel for the petitioner sought withdrawal by letter dated 16.07.2025 to the Registrar (Judicial). The Court permitted withdrawal, dismissed the petition with liberty to file a fresh writ petition with all necessary corrections, ordered no costs, and closed miscellaneous petitions. No issue was adjudicated on merits.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA

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WRIT PETITION NO: 3627 OF 2021

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Between:

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Smt. A. Padmavathi, W/o. tt/d. Younus, Aged about^{47 years, StaffNurse,} Govt. (Homeo) Hospital, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad.

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...PETITIONER

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AND

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1 The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government,^Ayush, Secretariat, TS, Hyderabad.

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2 The Director of Ayush Department, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad.

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3 C.J.Suneetha, Staff Nurse^(Under orders of Promotion),^Govt.(Homeo) Hospital, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad.

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4 Smt. C.Renuka, Staff Nurse^(Under orders of Promotion), Govt.^(Homeo) Hospital, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad.

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...RESPONDENTS

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Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia^{prayingthat in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the^{High Courtmaybe} pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the official^{respondentsin} promoting the unofficial respondents 3 and 4 to the post of Head Nurse without finalizing the interse-seniority in the cadre of Staff Nurse woiking in^Hyderabad City Unit pursuant to the^provistonal seniority list of Staff Nurse^{working in} Hyderabad City unit vide Memo No.2211A212019 dated 221212019^{inspite of} representations duly placing the^petitioners at appropriate Place in the^{Final inter-} se-seniority list of Staff Nurse in accordance with Rule 16(h) of^{General Rules as} being illegal, arbitrary, unjust, discrimination and hold that the^{petitioner is entitled} to be promoted as Head Nurse from the date on which the^{unofficial respondents}

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were promoted to lhe post of Head Nurse with all conscquential benefits duly fixing the inter-se- seniority of the petitioner in the cadre of staff Nurse workrng in Hyderabad city Urrit under Rule 16(h) General Rules ryith all consequential benefits.

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IA NO: 1 OF 2021

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Petition under Section 151 cPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High cc urt may be pleased to direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitionr:r for promotion to the post of Head Nurse if any of junior to the petitioner promo ed and working in the post of Head Nurse in the Hyderabad City Unit.

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI JALTB HASAN

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Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: Gp FOR SERVI(:ES I

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Counsel for the Respondent No.3: SRI A.S. BHASKARA GlRl

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PETITION o.3 627 0F 202L

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ORDER:

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Sri Jalib Hasan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner seeks pennission of this Court for withdrawal of the present writ^petition and to that effect addressed^a letter dated 16.07.2025 to the Registrar(Judicial), High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.

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2, Sri A.S.Bhaskara Gi.-i, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No.3 is^present.

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Taking into consideration the contents of the letter dated L6.O7.2025 eddressed to the Registrar (Judicial), High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad by the counsel on record appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and duly bringing the same on record, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with a liberty to the petitioner to file fresh writ^petition with all the necessary corrections. However, there shall be^no order as to costs.

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As a sequel, the miscellaneous petiti,)ns, if any,

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pending in the Writ petition shall also stand clcsed.

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SD/- J". VIJAYA LAXMI ASs;rsT\t\r REGISTRAR ,TRUE COPY// -Et itoru orrrcenorrrcen

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To, 1. One CC to Sri Jalib Hasan, Advocate [OPUC] 2. Two CCs to GP for Services I. High Court for ihe State of Telangana, at

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