IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25790 of 2007 Between: Md. Rafi S/o. Syed Hussain R/o. Padda Chelameda (Village) Antharam (Post) Munpally (Mandal) Medak District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Manging Director, A.P.S.R.T.C. Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Medak Region, at Sanga Reddy , Medak (District) 3 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Zaheerabad Depot, Medak 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 more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in not considering Petitioners' application for appointment to the post of conductor or any other suitable existing post on compassionate grounds as illegal and arbitrary and against the Principles of natural justice and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MOHD.GULAM RASOOL Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI The Court made the following : ORDER: Today though the vacate petition is listed for hearing, at the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel for A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. In this writ petition, the petitioner is only seeking a direction to the respondents to consider his application for appointment to the post of Conductor or any other suitable existing post on compassionate grounds. The case of the petitioner is that his father was appointed as a driver in the respondent Corporation and while he was on duty, he died on 20.6.2003. Thereafter, he made several representations before the authorities seeking appointment on compassionate grounds but so far no orders are passed. This Court while admitting the writ petition on 4.12.2007 granted interim directions as prayed for. But subsequently, the respondents have filed the vacate petition seeking vacation of the said orders. Today, when the writ petition is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that even though this Court granted interim directions on 4.12.2007 to provide the petitioner with appointment on compassionate grounds, in view of the subsequent judgment of this Court in Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation v. Valluru Venkata Narayana (W.A.No.110 of 2008 dated 14.3.2008) the petitioner may be granted the additional monetary benefit of Rs.1,00,000/- in lieu of compassionate appointment under the Bread Winner Scheme introduced by the respondent Corporation for providing the legal heirs of the deceased employee with additional monetary benefits in lieu of compassionate appointment for which course of action, the learned standing counsel for the respondent organization also agreed. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to grant additional monetary benefit of Rs.1,00,000/- to the petitioner in lieu of compassionate appointment expeditiously. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.04.12.2008 msv.