IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.22695 of 2008 Between: N.Narisi Reddy S/o. Narisireddy, Driver, APSRTC, Hythnagar Depot, R.R. District, A.P. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The APSRTC, rep. by its Depot Manager, Hythnagar, Ranga Reddy District, AP. 2 The APSRTC, rep.by its Divisional Manager, Hyderabad Division, Central Bus Station, Hyderabad, AP 3 The APSRTC, rep. by its Regional Manager, Hyderabad Region, Mahathma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad, AP .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the petitioner’s representation dated 6.9.2008 addressed to the ﬁrst respondent as unjust, arbitrary and illegal, and direct the ﬁrst respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 6.9.2008 for shifting of duties after calling for the records. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NUTHALAPATI KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.22695 OF 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in considering the representation made by the petitioner on 06.09.2008 as arbitrary and illegal. It is the case of the petitioner that he is working as Driver at Hayathnagar Bus Depot, Ranga Reddy District, A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, that he has been performing his duties in the second shift i.e. from 3.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. since 1997, that he is aged 52 years and in view of his age and health problems, he is unable to work till 11.00 p.m. and therefore he submitted a representation, dated 06.09.2008, to the 1st respondent- Depot Manager, Hayathnagar Bus Depot, requesting to post him in the ﬁrst shift, keeping in view his age and health problems. While so, the grievance of the petitioner is that the said representation is not yet considered and no orders have been passed thereon till date. In the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent- Depot Manager, Hayathnagar Bus Depot, is directed to consider the representation, dated 06.09.2008, submitted by the petitioner, seeking to post him in the ﬁrst shift, keeping in view his age and health problems and, if necessary, subject the petitioner to medical examination, and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 18th October, 2008. IBL