THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.13844 of 2004 Dated:25.08.2009 Between: APSRTC, Rep.by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. ….Petitioner And The State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad, And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.13844 of 2004 ORDER: Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the petitioner assailing the order dated 19.04.2004 in R.P.No.145 of 2003 passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal (STAT), Hyderabad. The third respondent is pucca permit holder on the route Perrur to Drinayakana Halli (D.Halli). He was running a stage carriage covered by permit No.10/52. He applied to the second respondent for grant of revision of timings in respect of stage carriage bearing registration No.AP.02 V 3542. By an order dated 07.04.2003 the same was rejected. He then preferred revision petition to STAT, which partly allowed the revision and directed the second respondent to allow the third respondent to depart his bus at 2.40 pm from Hindupur and at 5.00 pm from C.K.Palli from the date of receipt of the said order. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned order without any valid and cogent reasons is unsustainable. According to him, there is a clash of timings of departure between the bus of the third respondent and APSRTC at Hindupur point where the bus departs at the same time. Secondly, he submits that when the third respondent asked for departure timings at 2.25 pm at Hindupur, learned Tribunal granted departure time at 2.40 pm, which is contrary to the application of the third respondent. Though notice is served, none appears for the third respondent. Before the third respondent approached the second respondent, his bus was arriving at Hindupur at 3.30 pm and departing at 4.00 pm. He sought variation in the timings. He wanted the arrival timing to be at 2.05 pm and departure at 2.25 pm. This was opposed by APSRTC before STAT on the ground that there would be only 5 minutes difference between the departure timings of APSRTC bus at 2.30 pm and the bus of the third respondent at 2.25 pm. It was also contended that the APSRTC service would be affected for the proposed departure timings of the bus at 2.25 pm. Considering this, STAT fixed the departure timings of third respondent’s bus at 2.40 pm so that there would be gap of 10 minutes. Likewise, it fixed 5.00 pm as departure time from C.K.Palli. while doing so, STAT applied sound discretion based on the facts, and there is no error apparent on the face of the record. The Writ Petition is devoid of any merits, and the same is dismissed accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 25.08.2009 vs