WP/5111/2025 of MONDEM KOTESWARA RAO Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

f1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE o m PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION NO: 5111 OF 2025 Between; Mondem Koteswara Rao, S/o. Venkataramana, Aged about 58 years, Occ: Sanitary Inspector, Presently working as Food Safety Officer, R/o. H.No. 31-56-58-27/1, Flat No.301, Matrusri Nagar, Kurmannapalem, Gajuwaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Amaravati. 2. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order, or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of a WRIT OF MANDAMUS, declaring the action of the 2 nd Respondent in failing to consider the Petitioner for promotion by following the seniority list as being illegal, arbitrary, contrary to