Kannam Shankar v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K. SARATH
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-21. Kannam Shankar v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
I /\ t2' [ 3302 I IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SARATH WRIT PETITION NO: 12255 OF 2026 Between Kannam Shankar, S/o- Late Bhoomaiah, Aged about 58 Years, Sub- Engineer, (under dismissal), TGNPDCL, Karimnagar, H. No. 4-69/5716D, Vidyaranyapuri, Teegalaguft apalli, Karimnagar-SO5001. ... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Energy, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad - 50O O22 2. The Northern Power Distribution Company, Ltd. , Telangana, Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director, TGNPDCL, Opp RECP Petrol Pump, Hanumakonda, Warangal District. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, TGNPDCL, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 4. The Chief General Manager, (HRD), TGNPDCL, Warangal. ...
RESPONDENTS Petition under Arlicle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the impugned action of the Respondents in not taking necessary steps re-instating the petitioner into services with all Attendant benefits as per law laid down by the Apex Court in Catena of decisions, further inspite of the representations submitted on dt. 26. O7 . 2023 and 26. 05. 2025 as illegal, arbitrary and un-Constitutional and further contrary to law declared by the Apex Court and +{ consequently direct the respondents to take all those necessary steps as warranted and to pass appropriate proceedings re-instating the petitioner into services with all attendant beneflts as per the Rules in force immediately and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper .
l. A. NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances staled in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents to take all those necessary steps as warranted and to pass appropriate proceedings re-instating the petrtioner into services forthwith with all Attendant benefits as per the Rules rn force pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. K RAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No. 'l: GP FOR ENERGY Counsel for the Respondent No's. 2 To 4: SRI A. CHANDRA SEKHAR, STANDING COUNSEL The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAI) THE HON'BLE SRT JUSTICE K. SARATH W. P. No. 12255 of 2026 Date:2L. O4. 2o26 Between: Kannam Shankar' ... Petitioner. And The State of Telangana rep. by its Principal Secretaqr, Department of Enerry, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard Sri K.
Ram Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A. Chandra Shekar, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is questioning the action of the respondents in not taking necessary steps for reinstating the petitioner into service \ with all attendant benefits as law iaid down by the Apex Per \ Court in catena of decisions and not considering the representations of the petitioner dated 26. O7 . 2023 and 26. 05. 2025 as illegal and arbitrary and in view of the same, he requested to dispose of the writ petition by directing the * a. ao ,rrr, "r? 5;i respondents to consider the said representations of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within time frame. 3. On the other hand, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4 submits that the respondents will consider the representations of the petitioner dated 26. 07. 2023 and 26. 05. 2025 in due course and pass appropriate orders as per law.
4. In view of the said submissions arrd without going into the merits of the case, the petition Writ is disposed of by directing the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioner dated 26. O7. 2023 I and 26. O5. 2O25 and pass I appropriate orders as per law within eight (g) weeks from the I date o[ receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the I same to the petitioner. No order as to costs. i I I I 5. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this Writ i i Petition, shall stand closed. Sd/. L. VIJAYA LAXMI i ASSISTANT REGISTRAR i . / c:)- //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, State of Telangana, Dr' B R' 1. The Principal Secretary, Department of Energy, - Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad 5O0 Distribution Company, 2. The Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Power Hanumakonda' Ltd. , Telangana, TGNPDCL, Opp RECP Petrol Pump, Warangal District. TGNPDCL, Karimnagar, 3. The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, Karimnagar District. --! l! EEa 4.
The Chief General Manager, (HRD), TGNpDCL, Warangal. 5. One CC to SRt. K RAM REDDY, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to Gp FOR ENERGY ,High Court for the State of Telangana At Hyderabad. [OUT] / I 7. one cC to SRI A. CHANDRA SEKHAR, sTANDtNG couNsEllopucl 8. Two CD Copies DAN .. . j n2 HIGH COURT CC TODAY \ t DATED: 2110412026 \ ,ai-'irl , - -- . -,' , ",. ,. 1,,- \. . \. t, \ t . s (-t. + t =\\ ORDER ' l\. " lt. ,'-l WP. No. 12255 of 2026 )i. ' DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS I\ drt Er
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