IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 14620 of 2005 Between: 1 K. Padmavathi W/o Ch. Veerabhadram APSRTC, Dilsukhnagar Bus Depot, Hyderabad 2 P. Rajeshwari W/o P. Lakshminarasimha Rao APSRTC Dilsukhanagar Bus Depot, Hyderabad 3 V. Susheela W/o B. Narasimha Rao APSRTC, Dilsukhnagar Bus Depot Hyderabad 4 A. Madhusudhan Rao S/o A.J. Ramaiah Ibrahimpatnam Bus Depot, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Regional Manager, APSRTC. Khammam Region at Khammam 2 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Dilsukhanagar Bus Depot, Hyderabad 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Ibrahimpatnam Bus Depot (Hyderabad City Region) Ranga Reddy 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring that the action of the respondent NO.1 in not taking back us to Khammam Region and taking back the juniors to the petitioners to Khammam region is bad, arbitrary, illegal, and contrary to seniority and consequently direct the respondent NO.1 to take back the petitioners to Khammam region immediately. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VENKATESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents:SMT.P.RAJANI REDDY (SC FOR APSRTC) The Court at the stage of admission made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners, who are the regular employees of the respondent-Corporation, and who were originally recruited for the Khammam region, to declare the action of the first respondent in not taking back them to Khammam Region and taking back the juniors to them to Khammam Region, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently, to direct the first respondent to take back the petitioners to Khammam Region. 2 . According to the petitioners, on the premise that there are surplus Conductors in the Khammam region, they were shifted from one region to another without following any rule or regulation or the rule of last come first go with reference to the transfer of the surplus staff. Therefore, the petitioners have come up with the present writ petition. 3 . At the time of hearing, the learned Standing counsel appearing for the respondent-Corporation has represented that they are following the rules as to the last come first go with reference to the transfers of surplus staff such as drivers and conductors. 4 . In view of the said representation, the respondents are directed to follow strictly the said rule of last come first go i.e., the junior mosts have to be transferred to out side the Khammam region, if there are any surplus staff. If any of the juniors of the petitioners are working within the Khammam region, the petitioners are entitled to be posted to the Khammam region replacing the juniors, who are to be sent out, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ------------------------------ S.ANANDA REDDY, J 07th July, 2005 SKM To 1 The Regional Manager, APSRTC. Khammam Region at Khammam 2 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Dilsukhanagar Bus Depot, Hyderabad 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Ibrahimpatnam Bus Depot (Hyderabad City Region) Ranga Reddy District 4 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRR}