The High Court of Telangana has directed the State government to re-examine the appointments, review the eminence and suitability of six members of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC).
A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C. V. Bhaskar Reddy pronounced this verdict in a PIL petition filed by retired professor of Economics in Kakatiya University A. Vinayak Reddy. The petitioner had questioned the appointment of Commission members — Ramavath Dhan Singh, Bandi Linga Reddy, Sumithra Anand Tanoba, Karam Ravinder Reddy, Dr. Aravelli Chandrasekhar Rao and R. Satyanarayana.
The plea was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India as a public interest litigation (PIL) to declare the appointment of six Commission members vide G. O. Ms. No. 108 dated 19.05.2021 issued by the General Administration (Services-A) Department, Telangana government as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner said the GO was violative of Regulations 3 (2)(a) and (b) of Telangana State Public Service Commission Regulations, 2014 and sought the Court to set aside such appointments.
