The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed all petitions challenging reservation allocations in APPSC Group-2 recruitment. Justice Nyapathi Vijay’s ruling clears the way to fill 829 posts from the 2023 notification, resolving long-pending litigation across the state without further delay.
Andhra Pradesh: The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed all petitions concerning reservations in the recruitment process for Group-2 services by the AP Public Service Commission (APPSC).
Justice Nyapathi Vijay dismissed several petitions that disputed the management of ‘special reservations covering women, persons with disabilities, ex-servicemen, and sportspersons‘ in the 2023 recruitment notification.
This order paves the way for the state to fill 829 vacancies, a process embroiled in litigation almost since the notification was initially issued.
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A number of candidates contested the reservation criteria and requested the annulment of the Group-2 notification. M. Parthasarathi, an aspirant from Visakhapatnam, argued that the reservation roster does not comply with the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on the R.K. Sabharwal vs. State of Punjab case (1995).
Another group of petitioners from Kadapa, including Kanuparthi Penchalaiah, questioned the necessity of creating separate reservation rosters for executive and non-executive positions.
He also claimed that it violated a government order issued earlier in 2023.
Earlier, the High Court permitted the APPSC to proceed with the Group-2 Mains exam despite ongoing petitions, stating that pausing the process would negatively affect thousands of candidates who had passed the prelims.
Regarding the Group-2 services notification, the APPSC received a total of 483,525 applications. Of these, 404,037 candidates took part in the screening test, with 92,250 qualifying for the Mains exam.
Out of those, 79,451 (86.12%) candidates participated in the Mains held on February 23, 2025, and 2,538 were selected for certificate verification.
The court maintained that while the Mains exam could continue, all final recruitment outcomes would be contingent upon the ruling regarding the reservation issue, which was a central concern for the petitioners.