IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT APPEAL NO : 1 of 2009 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 05/12/2008 in WP NO : 23194 OF 2008 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Kalluri Ramesh, E.321501 Conductor of Karimnagar-I Depot, S/o. Kanakaiah, R/o. H.No.9-7-154, Ramnagar, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 Chityala Manoher Reddy, E.320846, Driver of Karimnagar-I Depot, S/o. Ramreddy, R/o. Indurthy Post, Chigurmamidi Mandal, Karimnagar District. 3 Mubeen Ahemd, E.321505, Conductor of Karimnagar-II Depot, S/o. Late Ali Ahmed, R/o. H.No.61/1. R.T.C. Colony, Thegulgutapally, Karimnagar,Karimnagar District. 4 Alla Pavan Kumar,E.321031, Driver of Vemulawada Depot, S/o. Ramchander, R/o. H.No.9-4-230, Sreenagar Colony, Karimnagar,Karimnagar District. 5 Mula Ravinder Reddy, E.320837 Driver of Vemulawada Depot, S/o. Ram Reddy, R/o. Theegulgutta pally, Karimnagar,Karimnagar District. 6 Kukkala Sreenivas Reddy, E.320768 Driver of Vemulawada Depot, S/o. Lachireddy, R/o. Shanigaram post, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 7 Kuthadi Lachaiah, E/320972, Driver of Vemulawada Depot, S/o. Yellaiah, R/o. Maralapet, Boinpally Mandal, Karimnagar District. 8 Kudala narayana, E/106732, Driver of Vemulawada Depot, S/o. Sri Narsaiah, R/o. 6-5-478, Maruthinagar, Karimnagar,Karimnagar District. 9 Bukya Bansilal,E.318831, Contract Driver of Metpally Depot, S/o.Sri Bukya Vasram, R/o. Advipadira Post, Yellareddipet Mandal, Karimnagar District. 10 Vanga yellaiah,C.No.29042, Contract Driver of Metpally Depot, S/o. Sri Bakkaiah, R/o. Khadergudem, Manakondur Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 The APSRTC Rep by its Viced Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad-20 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC., Karimnagar Region, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellants:MR.S.A.K.MYNUDDIN Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.P.RAJANI REDDY The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (per DSRV,J) Aggrieved by the order, dated 05.12.2008, passed in W.P.No.23194 of 2008 by the learned single Judge, the appellants/petitioners preferred the present appeal. The writ petition was filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in orally transferring the petitioners from Karimnagar region to Hyderabad city region and closing the musters in Karimnagar region, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The appellants are working as drivers and conductors in the Karimnagar region of APSRTC. Their grievance is that the second respondent without giving any notice, or intimation, closed their musters and transferred them to Hyderabad city region contrary to Regulation 18(a) of the APSRTC Service Regulations (for short ‘the Regulations’), which will affect their seniority. In their counter-affidavit filed in the writ petition, the respondents, inter alia, stated that there is shortage of 482 drivers for operating the buses, and therefore, a large number of trips are being cancelled on regular basis, due to which general public is put to great inconvenience and regular commuters are also facing hardship due to overloading of buses. In order to provide adequate transport to public, the present decision has been taken by the authorities to depute personnel from every region to work in Hyderabad city region and in that process only the appellants were deputed to work at Hyderabad for a limited period. It is also stated that such a deputation will not affect the seniority of the appellants. It is also made clear that the deputed crew are entitled to extra facilities like rest room, boarding and lodging allowance, attendant allowance, house rent allowance, etc., during the period of their deputation. In view of the averments made in the counter-affidavit, the learned single Judge has rightly held that the appellants were deputed only to meet the acute shortage of staff in Hyderabad, and that too, for a limited period and that it will not affect their seniority, and therefore, the said deputation is not contrary to Regulation 18(a) of the Regulations. As the deputation of the appellants is only for a limited period of one month to meet the acute shortage of staff in Hyderabad city, which will not affect their seniority, it cannot be said that the action of the respondents is either illegal or arbitrary. Since the transfer is on the basis of deputation and that too for a limited period, the same does not confer any right to stay and continue in the same post. Moreover, the appellants are being provided with extra facilities during deputation. Hence, we do not see any illegality or irregularity in the order passed by the learned single Judge and the Writ Appeal is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Appeal is dismissed. No costs. _______________ D.S.R.VARMA, J Dated:07.01.2009. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J GJ