SMT. KUNA VANDANA Vs. GOVT. OF A.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition is filed to declare the action of the 4th respondent in not issuing appointment order to the 1st petitioner to the post of Medical Officer, Dental, and also to declare the letter dtd. 21/6/2020 issued by the 7th respondent addressed to respondent Nos.4 and 5 requesting to cancel the Local Status Certificate issued to the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary.

(2.) Heard Sri P. Anand Seshu, learned counsel for the petitioners, and learned Government Pleader for Services appearing for the respondents.

(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the 1st petitioner is a resident of Durgapuram, Vijayawada. She studied 1st class to 7th class at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Telangana region of combined Andhra Pradesh, 8th class in Arvankudy, Nilagiri District, Tamilnadu, and 9th class till completion of BDS and MDS in Dental Surgery in Krishna, Guntur and Nellore Districts in the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. Since 2002, she has been staying in the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. He would also submit that the 2nd petitioner, who is the none other than the father of the 1st petitioner, worked as a Teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan from 15/12/1993 to 31/3/2000 and as a Librarian in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Vijayawada from 3/5/2002 till his retirement on 29/2/2020. While so, the 4th respondent issued a notification in Rc.2696/Establishment/Superintendent/Recruitment01/2020 dtd. 30/9/2020 for recruitment of Medical Nursing, Paramedical and other staff sanctioned in health facilities and one post of Dental Medical Officer is notified at Sl.No.36 of the said notification. As per the schedule given in the notification, the last date for submission of applications is 10/10/2020 and the date of issue of appointment orders is 19/10/2020. It is also the case of the petitioners that the pursuant to the said notification, the 1st petitioner submitted her application and she was allowed for written examination and she stood at Sl.No.1 in the final merit list prepared for 73 candidates.