The Hon’ble Sri Justice K.C.Bhanu Writ Petition No.29959 of 2010 Between: P.V.Kumar ..... Petitioner AND 1.The Deputy Chief Traffic Manager, APSRTC, Kurnool Region, Kurnool and another. .....Respondents The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for issuance of Mandamus to declare the action of the second respondent in ordering to recover the value of lost 22 ticket blocks through proceedings No.01/804(01)/05-PTKD, dated 30-08-2005, instead of recovery of the printing cost of the lost tickets as per APSRTC manual as illegal & arbitrary and consequently, direct the respondents to repay the recovered amount. It is the case of petitioner that at the relevant point of incident, he went to the controller point to enter his presence by keeping hand tray tickets in the bus and after his return, the said tray was found missing. Then he lodged complaint with 4th town P.S., Kurnool. A show cause notice was issued calling for explanation as to why an amount of Rs.16,809/- worth of the 22 ticket blocks should not be recovered from him, for which an explanation was given. As per the regulations, Corporation can recover any amount in respect of pecuniary loss caused to it. The pecuniary loss caused is the value of the printing tickets and value of the tray. The Corporation has not suffered the loss of amount, which the tickets could fetch, if they were sold to the passengers travelling in the bus. At the hearing, it is conceded by the learned Counsel for both parties that the subject matter of this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the judgment passed by a learned single Judge of this Court reported in Ch.P.Reddy Vs. APSRTC[1]. Following the same, this Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order is quashed. At the same time, it is directed that if any amount has been recovered from the petitioner, the respondents shall retain the amount, which actually they lost because of the negligence of the petitioner, and the balance shall be paid back to the petitioner. If the amount is not recovered so far, the amount be recovered from the petitioner. ____________ (K.C.Bhanu, J) Date: 25th April, 2011 lur [1] CDJ 2000 APHC 619