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 MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4858 of 2009 Between: K. Madusudhan S/o. Late K. Dashrath Rao Mushirabad Depot, H.No.TRT, 181, Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Medhipatnam Depot, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Hyderabad Region, Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.THIRUPATHI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside order, dated 19.07.2004 passed by respondent No.2 whereby he modified the order of removal by imposing lesser penalty on the petitioner. Though Sri A.Thirupathi Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner advanced various submissions on merits, I am not inclined to entertain these submissions in view of the fact that the writ petition suffers from uncondonable laches. Respondent No.2 passed order in the revision petition as far back as 19.07.2004. The petitioner has derived the benefit of the said order by being reinstated into service. Nearly four years thereafter, he chose to question the same on the ground that the alternative penalty imposed on him is unjust and improper. In my considered view, the petitioner slept over the matter for unduly long period and he has not offered any explanation whatsoever in approaching this Court at his leisure, after a period of nearly four (4) years. This is eminently a fit case where the writ petition is liable to be thrown out by applying the well-settled doctrine of laches. (See State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bhailal Bhai [1] , Trilokchand and Motichand v. M.B.Munshi [2], Rabindranath v. Union of India[3], Ashok Kumar Mishra v. Collector, Raipur [4].) The writ petition is accordingly, dismissed on this ground. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.6368 of 2009 filed by the petitioner is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 20th APRIL, 2009. kvni [1] AIR 1964 SC 1006 [2] (1969) 1 SCC 110 [3] AIR 1970 SC 470 [4] AIR 1980 SC 112