M. Bhaskar Reddy v. The District Educational Officer,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.19557 OF 2018 Dated:13.06.2018 Between:

M. Bhaskar Reddy, S/o. Chandra Reddy, Aged about 56 years (date of birth 18-6-1962) School Assistant (Maths), Zilla Parishad High School, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District .. Petitioner And The District Educational Officer, Rangareddy District, Khairatabad, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents The Court made the following:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.19557 OF 2018 ORDER:

Heard.

2.

Petitioner is working as School Assistant (Maths) in Zilla Parishad High School in Saroornagar, Rangareddy District. According to petitioner, his date of birth is 18.06.1962 and is due for retirement on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.06.2020. While so, petitioner is now identified as person to be compulsorily transferred from the present place of posting pursuant to relaxation of ban and notifying the Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2018 (for short, 'the Rules, 2018') vide G.O.Ms.No.16, School Education (Ser.II) Department, dated 06.06.2018. According to Rule 5 of the Rules, 2018, an exception is carved out for Teachers who are due for retirement within two years from 31st May of the current year.

3.

Though the petitioner is not falling into this exception, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that within two years, petitioner is retiring from service and he should not have been disturbed.

4.

Having regard to the provision in Rule 12 of the Rules, 2018, petitioner seeks leave of the Court to make a representation to the District Educational Officer requesting for his retention on account of impending retirement.

5.

The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the District Educational

Officer for his retention. It is needless to observe that if representation is made by the petitioner, the same shall be considered before affecting transfers. There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

____________________ P. NAVEEN RAO, J Date:13.06.2018 KH