IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:14383 of 1999 Between: 1 I.Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Hanumantha Rao, R/o. opp. Arts and Science College, Bapatla. 2 D. Mallikarjuna Rao, R/o. opp. Arts and Science College, Bapatla. 3 A.Narasimha Rao, S/o. Devanandam, R/o. C/o. K.Jaashuva, Teachers Colony, Bapatla. 4 Y.Dharma Rao, S/o. Subbaiah, R/o. Pothanakotavari Palem, Buddham(Po), Kafrlapalem Mandal, Guntur District. 5 J.Chandrasekhara RAo, S/o.Sambasiva RAo, R/o. Ilavaram Post, Guntur District. 6 D.Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Subramanyam, R/o. Ilavaram Post, Gunture District. 7 M.V.Reddy, S/o. Venkata Reddy, R/o.G.N.Palem, P.V.Mandalam, Guntur District. 8 S.R.M.Rao, R/o. A.P.S.R.T.C., Bapatla Depot, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Regional Manager, A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Prakasam Region, Ongole, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioners:NONE APPEARED Counsel for the Respondent:MR.C.PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not regularizing the services of the petitioners from the date of their initial appointments as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioners sought for a consequential direction to the respondent to regularize their services from the date of their initial appointments with all consequential and other benefits. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioners. Heard Sri C.Prakash Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record. Petitioner Nos.1, 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 were appointed as Drivers and Conductors, respectively, initially on daily wage basis between 17.04.1991 and 06.02.1992. At a later point of time, they were appointed on regular basis. As noted above, they claimed the relief of dating back their regular appointment to their initial appointments on daily wage basis. At the hearing, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Corporation relied on the judgments of the Supreme Court in Divisional Manager, APSRTC v. P.Lakshmoji Rao [1] and Regional Manager, APSRTC v. N.Satyanarayana and others [2] in support of his contention that a daily wage appointee is not entitled to seek regularisation with eﬀect from the date of his initial appointment on daily wage basis. In Lakshmoji Rao’s case (1 supra), the Supreme Court while dealing with a similar situation, held “no service rule or regulation or any other principle of law has been pressed into service by the respondents to claim regularisation from an anterior date i.e., right from the date of their initial appointment as daily wage employees.” While reversing the orders of the learned Single Judge and the Division Bench of this Court, the Supreme Court in N.Satyanarayana’s case (2 supra) reiterated the said principle and set aside the orders of this Court, by which, the Corporation was directed to regularize the services of the employees in the said cases with eﬀect from the date of their initial appointments as daily wage employees. Following the ratio contained in the above two judgments, this writ petition is dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni [1] (2004) 2 SCC 433 [2] (2008) 1 SCC 210