IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 14830 of 1992 Between: 1 K.Bixamaiah, S/o. Lingaiah, aged about 35 yrs, . 2 P.Venkateshwar Rao, S/o. Narayana Rao, age 27 yrs 3 K.Damodhar Reddy, s/o. Buchi Narayana Reddy. 4 M.Sudheer Rao, S/o. Pullaiah. 5 N.Somaiah, S/o. Kishtaiah.. 6 G.Vasideva Rao, S/o. Satyanarayana Rao. 7 A.Laxma Reddy, S/o. Pratap Reddy. (All are R/o Suryapet, Nalgonda District) . ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Divisional Manager, APSRTC., Nalgonda Division, Nalgonda. 3 Sri Venkateswara Swamy Bus Service, Rep. Managing Partner. Racharla Nageshwara Rao, Suryapet, Nalgonda 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 will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st and 2nd respondents to appoint the petitioner No.1 and 2 as driver and petitioner No.3 to 5 and 7 as conductors and petitioners No.6 as cleaner in the service of APSRTC. For the Petitioners: MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO,Advocate For the Respondents 1 and 2 : Sri K. Harinath S.C. for A.P.S.R.T.C For the Respondent No.3 : None appeared The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER The grievance of the petitioners is that they were all working as Drivers, Conductors and Cleaners, but, however, in view of the nationalization of the private buses, the petitioners are displaced and, as such, they were constrained to approach this Court and filed the present writ petition. Heard both the learned counsel. At the time when this writ petition was admitted, this Court by its interim order, dated 09.11.1993, directed the respondents-corporation to employ the petitioners on temporary basis pending further orders. Pursuant to the said interim orders, the respondents-corporation constituted a Selection Sommittee, before which the petitioners appeared and as they were all qualified, the Regional Manager, Nalgonda by his proceedings, dated 28.10.1998, directed the petitioners to report before the Principal, K.S.T.C. Hyderabad Zone, Hakeempet, Hyderabad for imparting conductor/driver training. It is the further case of the petitioners that pursuant to the training they have undergone, and in view of the selections made by the Selection Committee, some of the petitioners are appointed as Drivers and others as Conductors on regular basis and they are continuing as such. In view of the subsequent developments, I deem it appropriate to direct the respondents-corporation to consider their cases and regularize the services of the petitioners in their respective posts with effect from the date of their initial appointment. This Writ Petition is, accordingly, allowed. No costs. ______________ 26th August, 2004 vp That Rule Nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice on this the Thursday, the twenty sixth day of August, two thousand and four. ASST. REGISTRAR To 1. The Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, A.P.S.R.T.C. Musheerabad, Hyderabad, 2. The Divisional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Nalgonda Division, Nalgonda District 3. The Managing Partner, Sri Venkateswara Swamy Bus Service, Suryapet, Nalgonda District, 4. 2 C.D copies