IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19070 of 2008 Between: 1 P.Sailu S/o. Kistaiah A.P.S.R.T.C Midhani Bus Depot Kanchanbagh,Hyderabad 2 D.Bheeraiah S/o.Chandraiah A.P.S.R.T.C Midhani Bus Depot Kanchanbagh,Hyderabad 3 E.P.Reddy, S/o. Narsi Reddy A.P.S.R.T.C Uppal Bus Depot Uppal Hyderabad 4 G.S Reddy S/o. Malla Reddy A.P.S.R.T.C Uppal Bus Depot Uppal Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Regional Manager A.P.S.R.T.C Greater Hyderabad City Region MGBS Complex, Gowliguda Hyderabad 2 The Depot Manager Midhani Bus Depot Kanchanbagh,Hyderabad 3 The Depot Manager A.P.S.R.T.C A.P.S.R.T.C Uppal Bus Depot Uppal Depot Hyderabad .....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 or order direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the Respondents in not allowing the 12 years Special Grade8/Stagnation Increment to the petitioners with eﬀect from their completion of 12 years of Services rendered in the post of Driver irrespective of regions of the APSRTC and without proper ﬁxation w.e.f their completion of 12 years of services in their driver posts and bad arbitrary illegal unjust and discriminatory and consequently direct the respondents to eﬀect the 12 years Special Grade/Stagnation increment to the petitioners with eﬀect from their completion 12 years of service in the post of Driver irrespective of the regions they served. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.VENKATESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel on either side fairly conceded that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by a Judgment of this Court rendered in WA No.2151 of 2005, dated 22.8.2006. Following the said judgment, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to ﬁx the scale of the petitioner notionally from the date of his eligibility and to make necessary payments with eﬀect from 1.4.2005 in terms of Circular PD-30/2005 dated 4.6.2005 and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. No costs. _________ 04-09-2008 rkk