(1.) Aggrieved by an order of discharge from probation, a Judicial Officer has come up with the above writ petition.
(2.) Heard Mr. D.V. Sitharam Murthy, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. S.Sri Ram, learned Standing Counsel for the Registry.
(3.) As destiny would have it, the petitioner has been made to play the role of a lawyer, the litigant and a Judge, alternatively in the past more than a decade. After a prolonged legal battle on an issue of principle as to whether a minimum qualifying mark can be prescribed in the viva voce, when the notification did not stipulate so, the petitioner was appointed as a District Judge (Entry Level) by the method of direct recruitment on 24-10-2008. She was initially posted as the III Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kadapa District. From 01-12-2008 to 31-01-2009, she underwent basic judicial training in the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Academy.