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Andhra Pradesh High Court Gives Chief Secretary Until Feb. 26 Morning to Enforce Group‑I Posting Order or Face Contempt

The bench cited a 1966 government order as settling the focal versus non‑focal classification to preclude further delay.

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Overview

  • A Division Bench of Justices Battu Devanand and A. Hari Haranadha Sarma ordered compliance with its Feb. 11 directive by 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 with either a compliance report or the Chief Secretary’s personal appearance for contempt proceedings.
  • The court’s order requires placing 326 candidates selected in the APPSC Group‑I mains into non‑focal posts.
  • The judges rebuked Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand for failing to act and rejected his position that rules did not define focal and non‑focal posts.
  • In a top‑priority note, the Chief Secretary instructed departments to immediately relieve the selectees from focal posts and to send a consolidated compliance report by 7 p.m. on Feb. 25.
  • The state has filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court, which counsel for unsuccessful candidates argued reflects ongoing delay in implementing the relief.