IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 12727 of 2004 Between: 1.J.Govind S/o Satyanarayana, R/o Nalgonda district 2.B.Ramabau S/o Krishnamurthy, R/o Nalgonda district 3.Ch.Gopaiah S/o Venkateswarlu, R/o Nalgonda district All are conductors working under the control of the 2nd Respondent herein ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The APSRTC, rep. by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 2 The APSRTC, rep. by its Regional Manager, Nalgonda Region, at Nalgonda, Nalgonda District 3 The APSRTC, rep. by its Regional Manager Mahaboobnagar, Region, at Mahaboobnagar. .....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 issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in not regularizing the service of the petitioners on completion of 240 days of service as illegal, unjust and arbitrary, contrary to the circular instructions, contrary to Reg.3 of APSRTC service Regulations and as such consequently direct the respondents herein to regularize the service of all the petitioners in Nalgonda Region with effect from completion of 240 days of service and to extend all the benefits in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.M.SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.HARINATH (SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioners, who are working as daily wage conductors in the respondent-Corporation, directly approached this Court seeking a direction to the respondents to regularise their services as conductors. 2. The petitioners are not expected to approach a writ Court without exhausting statutory remedies provided under the Act. 3. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed giving liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned authority with the above request. ______________ 22.07.2004 VGB To 1 The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Nalgonda Region, at Nalgonda, Nalgonda District 3 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Mahaboobnagar Region, at Mahaboobnagar. 4 2CD copies