IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NOs: 8145 &12332 of 2003 WRIT PETITION NO : 8145 of 2003 Between: P.Veerabhadra Rao S/o Basavanna R/o Daggulum Post & Village, Palakollu Mandal., West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad-20. 2 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Bheemavaram Depot, Bheemavaram, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 call for the records from the respondents and issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the proceedings No.E1/255(18)/2002-BVRM, dated 30-6-2002 issued by the 2nd respondent, disengaging services of the petitioner as Casual Conductor on the ground of curtailment of services as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, contrary to law, discriminatory, in violation of principles of natural justice, amounts to unfair labour practice, in violation of Sections25-F and 25-N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and also in violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and grant all consequential benefits. And WRIT PETITION NO : 12332 of 2003 Between: 1 Ch. Nagavardhan, S/o Surya Somanatha Sastry, R/o Post, Vill, Mandal- Attili, West Godavari District. 2 S.K.V.Pandu Ranga Reddy, S/o Subba Rao, R/o Post, Vill, Mandal- Attili, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., West Godavari Region, Eluru, West Godavari District. 3 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Tanuku Depot, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 call for the records from the Respondents and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the proceedings Number P2/255(4)/2003-RM-WG dt: 15-5-2003, passed by the 2nd Respondent in so far as 1st and 2nd petitioners are concerned engaging our services as conductors, till 30-6-2003 only, is illegal, unjust, contrary to law, discriminatory, arbitrary, in violation of principles of natural justice and amounts to unfair labour practice, in violation of Section 25-F and 25-N of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and also in violation of Articles 14 and 21 of constitution of India, and grant all consequential benefits Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.SRIDHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.C.PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following : COMMON ORDER: Both the learned counsel have submitted that in view of the interim orders granted by this Court no cause of action survives, therefore, the writ petition may be disposed of. Accordingly, both the Writ Petitions are disposed of in terms of the interim orders already made by this Court. No costs. __________________ 29th September, 2008 SKM