IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20400 of 2008 Between: Ravinuthala Jayanth Nath S/o.Daniel R/o.H.No.4-146,Sathayanarayana Puram, Ongole,Prakasam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Prakasam Region, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Ongole Depot, Prakasam District. 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Podili Depot, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order direction or writ in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents in not releasing the increments from 1989 to till date in spite of undergoing the punishment by the petitioner and not disposing of the representation of the petitioner dated 24.7.2008 as wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unjustiﬁed and consequently (i) to direct the respondents to release the periodical increments from time to time since 1989 to till date and (ii) ﬁx the pay of the petitioner at an appropriate stage in the post of conductor. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.VISHWANATHAM Counsel for the Respondents: MR. C.PRAKASH REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20400 OF 2008 ORDER: It appears, the petitioner, who is working as Conductor in the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, was inﬂicted with punishments of deferment of annual grade increment for certain period without cumulative eﬀect, on diﬀerent occasions. It is his grievance that even after completion of the said period, increments were not restored, as required under the rules, and in this regard, he submitted a representation, dated 24.07.2008, to the 3rd respondent- Depot Manager, Podili Bus Depot, but the same is not yet considered and no orders have been passed thereon till date. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the representation, dated 24.07.2008, purported to have been submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 21st October, 2008. IBL