Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975

The State of Andhra Pradesh appealed against two judgments of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal that had declared Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Treasury and Accounts Subordinate Service Rules, 1963 (as amended) to be violative of the 1975 Presidential Order issued under Article 371‑D. The petitioners argued tha…

Following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Ministry of Personnel allocated B. Subba Rayudu, a Joint Director (Class‑A) in the Animal Husbandry Department, to the residual State of Andhra Pradesh despite his exercise of the option to join Telangana, his seniority, and his spouse’s status as a local candidate of Te…

The case concerned promotions in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Engineering Service from Junior Engineer to Assistant Engineer. The Administrative Tribunal had held that such promotions should be based on a statewide seniority list, but the State Government argued that the Presidential Order of 1975, made under Arti…

The Telangana Judges Association challenged the draft and modified guidelines for allocating subordinate judicial officers between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, arguing that the guidelines favored Andhra officers and violated their rights. The Supreme Court examined the constitutional scheme, the Andhra Pradesh Reorgan…