THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No. 1980 of 2011 Date: 07.02.2011 Between : Mr. T.Rani, W/o. B.Nehru … Petitioner And The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation … Respondent ORDER: This very writ petitioner instituted W.P.No. 15417 of 2010 in this Court challenging the validity of the orders passed on 24.04.2010 by the Depot Manager, Guntur-II Depot, terminating his services. Entertaining the said writ petition, an interim order was passed by this Court on 02.07.2010, suspending the operation of the said order, dated 24.04.2010. By virtue of the said interim orders, the order passed on 24.04.2010 by the Depot Manager, removing the writ petitioner from service cannot be said to be in operation as of now. Therefore, the question of insisting upon the writ petitioner to pay up security deposit, as a condition precedent for re-engaging her services, would not arise. The impugned order therefore, is clearly unsustainable. The writ petitioner is not liable to furnish any security deposit afresh. Her reinstatement or continuance in service itself will abide by the result in W.P.No. 15417 of 2010. Therefore, the respondents would not suffer any prejudice, if the writ petitioner does not pay up security deposit afresh. If the writ petitioner ultimately succeeds in the said writ petition, the order of removal itself would cease to be operative. In such an event, the security deposit furnished by her earlier, cannot be forfeited at all. On the other hand, if the writ petitioner fails in the afore mentioned writ petition, the question of continuing the writ petitioner in service of APSRTC itself would not arise and in such an event, the question of writ petitioner furnishing any security deposit, would not be required at all. Hence, looked at from any angle, the impugned order, requiring the petitioner to furnish security deposit afresh, is unsustainable. 2. Hence, this writ petition is allowed, but before doing so, I have heard the learned Standing Counsel for the corporation, Sri K. Satyanarayana Murthy, to enable whom the matter was adjourned from 02.02.2011 to today, so as to secure necessary instructions from the Depot Manager. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Dated: 07.02.2011 ksld/ysk HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.NO. 1980 OF 2011 7th day of February, 2011 KSLD/ysk