IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20976 of 2000 Between: Y. S. Narayana, E. 450195 S/o. Venkanna,R/o Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Regional Manager Visakhapatnam Region, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Dy. Chief Traffic Manager (Urban) O/o Regional Manger, A.P.S.R.T.C., Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Depot Manager A.P.S.R.T.C., Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Depot Manager A.P.S.R.T.C., Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents therein in imposing the punishment of reduction of pay to a minimum of the grade for a period of Two Years with cumulative eﬀect Vide Proc. No. 01/83(31)96-MPD, MaddilapalemCity Depot dt. 26/8/1997 which was conﬁrmed by the Appellate authority and as well as the Review Authority Vide Proc. No.PA/19(107)/97-VSP(U) dt. 28/11/1997 and Proc. No. Steno/19(21)/98-RM Visakhapatnam dt. 7/2/2000 respectively as illegal, unjust and arbitrary as the same was imposed without there being any prove misconduct on the part of the petitioner and as such liable to be set aside with a Consequential direction to the Respondents herein to pay the arrears of Diﬀered Wages w.e.f. 26/8/97 forthwith and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.S.M.SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondents : MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20976 of 2000 ORDER : Learned counsel for petitioner has submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 28th August 2008 ajr To 1 The Regional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Visakhapatnam Region, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Dy. Chief Traffic Manager (Urban), O/o Regional Manger, A.P.S.R.T.C., Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Depot Manager A.P.S.R.T.C., Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Depot Manager A.P.S.R.T.C., Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District.