IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8072 of 2009 Between: 1 G.Krishnaiah S/o.G.Lingaiah Retd.ADC APSRTC, R/o.H.No.2-62, narketpally Post & village Nalgonda District 2 Md.Moiz Khan S/o.Mohd.Sayeed Khan R/o.H.No.7-3-355/3, Kashmir Gadda Near Fire station,Karimnagar, Karimnagar district 3 Syed Afzaluddin S/o.Syed Ali, R/o.H.No.7-2-1117, Mankamma Thota Karimnagar,Karimnagar District 4 S.D.Afzal S/o.Syed Ali R/o.H.No.6-6-389, Saheb Nagar Karimnagar, Karimnagar District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Andhra Pradesh State road Transport Corporation, Musheerabad, Hyderabad, rep.by its Managing Director 2 The Provident Fund Organization, rep.by its Regional provident Fund Commissioner,Bhavishyanidhi Bhavan, Regional Officer,Barkatpura,Hyderabad 3 Regional Office, Barkatpura, Hyderabad,The Assistant Commissioner, Provident Fund office, Barkatpura, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:SRI.K.VIDYA SAGAR RAO Counsel for respondent No.1 SRI V.PADMANABHA RAO FOR MS.B.G.UMADVI, STANDING COUNSEL FOR APSRTC. Counsel for respondents 2 and 3: SRI R.N.REDDY, STANDING COUNSEL FOR EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: In this writ petition, the petitioners seek a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondents 2 and 3 in taking into consideration the petitioners’ option for higher pension as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, it is admitted by the learned Standing Counsel for respondents 2 and 3 that W.P.No.13439 of 2008, in which a similar issue has been raised, was disposed of by this Court by order dated 26-06-2008, wherein this Court gave the following directions. “Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents herein to pass appropriate orders, within a period of two (2) months, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, on the representations made by the petitioners. To avoid uncertainty, it is directed that the petitioners shall enclose copies of their representations along with a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.” Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of in terms of the said order. The reasons and directions contained therein shall form part of this order. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 20th April, 2009 Vrn