IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.30656 of 2010 Between: Smt. Ch. Mallamma ..... Petitioner AND APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla Counsel for the respondents: Sri Sridhar Reddy Pottigari (SC for APSRTC) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.30656 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in paying the hire charges for 698 Kms and instead restricting the same to 692 Kms, as illegal and arbitrary. According to the petitioner, who is the lessor of bus bearing No.AP 15Y 1379 to the respondents, her bus is being plied between Godavarikhani and Badrachalam route for a distance of 698 Kms every day and that despite her representations, hire charges for 692 Kms alone are being paid. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing counsel for the respondents, I am of the opinion that it is appropriate that the respondents conduct a joint survey for fixing the correct length of the route and revise the hire charges in the event it is found that the length of the route is more than 692 Kms. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to conduct a joint survey in the presence of the petitioner or her representative within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the order. If, in the survey, it is found that the petitioner is entitled to hire charges for extra distance beyond 692 Kms, the differential hire charges shall be paid to her within one month, after completion of the joint survey. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.39023 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.01.2011 ES