THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 1909 of 2001 O R D E R: This Writ Petition is filed seeking directions to the respondent – Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short, ‘the Corporation’) to absorb the writ petitioner in the service of the Corporation as he was a displaced person. It is asserted in the affidavit filed in support of the above Writ Petition that the writ petitioner has worked as a checker on bus bearing Registration No. AAK 1761, which plied on the route from Srikakulam to Kurupam via Amudalavalasa, Palakonda, Veeraghattam and Parvatipuram. It is stated that the route on which the said bus was plying was nationalized on 11.11.1987 and ever since then, the Corporation was plying and operating its buses. In terms of the policy laid down by the Corporation to absorb the displaced employees, pursuant to the nationalization of private bus routes, the petitioner claimed for such an absorption, drawing inspiration from the judgments rendered by this Court in W.P.No. 5136 of 1987 dated 25.08.1987 as well as W.P.No. 3654 of 1989 dated 15.03.1989. The respondent has filed a detailed counter. In paragraph 4 of the counter-affidavit, it is stated that the bus bearing Registration No. AAK 1761, on which the petitioner has claimed to have worked, was never identified as a displaced vehicle and hence, the question of providing employment under the scheme of absorption of displaced employees does not arise. It is further stated that the nationalization of the route took place on 11.11.1987 and appropriate measures for absorption of the truly displaced persons has also taken place and without setting out any reasons as to why he had waited for 14 long years to institute this Writ Petition, after the nationalization of the bus route, the petitioner is now seeking absorption and in the absence of any credible material to establish that he is a displaced person, the question of considering his case, would not arise. These assertions, which have been made part of the counter-affidavit, as well as the contentions canvassed by the learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation, Sri C. Appaiah Sharma, at the Bar, have not been controverted. The question of absorbing into the service of the Corporation of those employees, who worked on private buses prior to nationalization of the route, would arise, provided the bus/vehicle in question was a displaced one, on which such a claimant has worked. In the instant case, it is asserted that the bus bearing Registration No. AAK 1761 is not a displaced vehicle and hence, there is no obligation for the Corporation to consider absorbing any of those employees, who worked when the said bus was operated by the private operator. In view of this, the Writ Petition deserves to be dismissed, as there are no merits in it. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 9th November 2009 ksld