IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 11642 of 2004 Between: K.Narasaiah S/o. Mallaiah Kattrampur, Karimnagar Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Manager A.P. State Road Transport Corporation Karimnagar Region, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a writ, or directions more in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondent to dispose of the representation dated 5-9-2003 following the circular No.PD-65/1989 dated 3-5-1989 as per law. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.GOVINDA RAJULU Counsel for the Respondent: SMT.G.JYOTHI KIRAN The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: Petitioner was appointed as Driver in the year 1973 in APSRTC. The respondent’s Corporation issued a Circular dated 03-05-1989 granting benefit of special grade increment to the employees who have completed 12 or more years of service. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he has completed 12 years of service, no such benefit was given to him. The learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner contended that in spite of giving representation dated 05-09-2003, the respondent has not considered the same. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent contended that if he is otherwise, eligible as per the Circular instructions, the same will be considered by the respondent’s Corporation. The respondent’s Corporation has to take appropriate decision whether to grant special grade increment to the petitioner in pursuance of Regulation 17 of APSRTC Regulations or not. Therefore, a direction can be given to the respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 05-09-2003 to grant special grade increment as per Circular No.65/1989, dated 03-05-1989, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. In the circumstances, no costs. 9th JULY, 2004. kvni To 1 The Regional Manager A.P. State Road Transport Corporation Karimnagar Region, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 Two CD Copies.