The State Of Andhra Pradesh vs G V S Parusu Ram

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These were Writ Appeals filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh and the Commissioner of School Education against orders passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in various Writ Petitions filed by Vocational Training Instructors working in Zilla Parishad High Schools and other government schools across various districts of Andhra Pradesh. The respondents/writ petitioners were Vocational Training Instructors who had sought relief pertaining to their service conditions, regularisation, pay fixation, or related service matters before the learned Single Judge.

The Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, comprising Justice Ninala Jayasurya and Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao, took up the batch of Writ Appeals together along with the connected Interlocutory Applications, including I.A. No. 2 of 2024 (seeking suspension of the impugned order) and I.A. No. 1 of 2025 (seeking vacation of interim directions granted on 28.10.2024). The appeals raised common questions of law and fact relating to the service entitlements of Vocational Training Instructors employed under the School Education Department of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

The matters were considered by the Division Bench in the context of the reliefs granted by the learned Single Judge to the Vocational Training Instructors, with the State challenging the said reliefs on grounds of legal sustainability and administrative propriety. The court examined the rival contentions of the parties through their respective counsel and proceeded to dispose of the appeals and applications accordingly.

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