IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15053 of 2008 Between: M.A. Raqeeb S/o Late Mohd. Jahangir Ali of APSRTC Picket depot Sec'bad R/o H. No. 18-8-241/35 Moin bagh, Riyasathnagar, Hyderabad500 029 ..... PETITIONER AND The Depot Manager APSRTC., Picket Depot, Secunerabad.A.P., .....RESPONDENT 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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction preferably in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in issuing suspension order No. 02/95(27)/08-PKT dated 27-06-2008 for the sake of issuing tickets to passengers one minute before the check the bus on the base of figment of the imagination that the ticket might have issued observing the TTIS and without finding any cash and ticket irregularities while checking is as illegal unjust contrary to law arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justice by setting a side the suspension order and granting all Consequential benefits directing to the respondent to take petitioner into service and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MOHD.GHOUSEUDDIN Counsel for the Respondent : K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner is working as Driver in the APSRTC. On 09.06.2008, he was posted on one-man service from Hyderabad to Vijayawada. On the return trip, he is said to have stopped the bus at Sher Mohammedpet to enable the passengers to attend nature calls. It is stated that in addition to the passengers of the bus, two individuals wanted to board the bus to travel up to Kodad and the petitioner insisted that there are no seats in the bus. The two individuals agreed for issuance of tickets from the previous stage, and accordingly, the tickets were issued to them. Thereafter, the bus was checked. Alleging that the petitioner issued two tickets from Chikkal village to Kodad, at a time when they were entering the bus, charge sheet was issued on 27.06.2008. On that very day, the petitioner was placed under suspension. The same is challenged in this writ petition. Heard Sri Mohd.Ghousuddin, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri K.Madhava Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent. The allegation against the petitioner is that he has taken out two tickets from the ticket issuing machine, after noticing the Checking Officials. Except that, there is no other charge. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner insists that the order of suspension be set aside, this Court is of the view that, in a matter of this nature the enquiry itself needs to be concluded at the earliest possible time. Since the charge itself refers to the time recorded in the machine, the enquiry can be concluded within a short time. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent to conclude the enquiry against the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner within a period of six weeks. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dated:14.07.2008 GJ