THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3495 of 2011 Date:08.03.2011 Between: Y.Kiran Kumar ..... Petitioner AND APSRTC, rep.by its VC & MD, Musheerabad, Hyderabad and others .....Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla Counsel for Respondents: Sri C.Sunil Kumar Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in utilising the petitioner’s hire bus (AP-25V-8915) for an excess distance of 17 kms per trip over the agreed distance on Bodhan-Kakinada route without paying hire charges in respect of the excess distance as illegal and arbitrary. In his affidavit, the petitioner has stated that a similarly situated person, who is petitioner in W.P.No.18319 of 2009, was paid the hire charges for the excess distance on the same route, on which, he has plied his bus. In the light of this averment, on the earlier occasion, this Court adjourned the case to enable the learned Standing Counsel to seek instructions from the respondents. Today, Sri C.Sunil Kumar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for APSRTC, on instructions, stated that the petitioner in this writ petition is similarly situated as the petitioner in W.P.No.18319 of 2009 to whom hire charges for the excess distance were paid. Having regard to this submission of the learned Standing Counsel, the writ petition is allowed with the direction to the respondents to pay excess hire charges to the petitioner herein as in the case of the petitioner in W.P.No.18319 of 2009. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.4315 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08th March, 2011 VGB