IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 15134 of 2009 Between: 1 K.Swarna Kumari W/o.K.S.Raja Babu R/o.D.No.11-11-16/2,Maddalavari Street Chenchu peta Tenali,Guntur District Vehicle No.AP 7TW 6066, Tenali to Tirupati,Tenali Depot 2 A.Venkateswara RAo S/o.Raghavendra Rao R/o.D.No.64-13-12, Ashoknagar,Vijayawada,Krishna District Vehicle No.AP 16TB 2424, Tenali to Vijayawada Tenali Depot 3 V.Anusha D/o.V.Saikrishna R/o.Flat No.303, Sri Surya Park view, Patamatalanka Vijayawada, (Vehicle No.AP 16TB 1810, Tenali to Cherukupalli TenaliDepot Tenali to Guntur,Tenali Depot 4 B.Narsimha Rao S/o.Nagaiah R/o.flat o.303, Sri Surya Park view, Patamatalaka, Vijayawada, Vehicle No.AP 16TB 2529 Teali to Vijayawada Tenali Depot 5 K.Srinivasa Rao S./o.Rammohan Rao R/o.D.No.6-24, Brahmana Koduru post Puru Madal,Guntur District Vehicle o.AP 7TU 9159, Tenali to Pullelacheruvu Tenali Depot 6 P.V.Narsimha Rao S/o.Sriivasa Rao R/o.Flat No.206, Bharani Apartments, Krishnalanka,Vijayawada, Krishna District Vehicle No.AP 16TX 345 Eluru to Vijayawada Eluru Depot ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The APSRTC rep.by its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Personal Manager,APSRTC Musheerabad Hyderabad 3 The Regional Manager,APSRTC,Guntur Guntur District 4 The Regional Manager,APSRTC Eluru West Godavari District 5 The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Barkathpura, 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 writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the Notification No.SA1/255(51)/2008-PO-III dated 13.5.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent herein as illegal, arbitrary, set aside the same as against the principles of settled law, and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 5 herein not to deduct the PF & EDLIF Contributions, Administrative and Inspection charges from the hire charges payable to the petitioners vehicles. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.B.CHANDRA SHEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R : Though this Writ Petition has been instituted calling in question the notification issued on 13th May 2008 by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation directing the contributions of the employees provident fund to be deducted from the hire charges payable by the Corporation, the Chief Personnel Manager of the Corporation, through a circular, dated 22nd July 2009, directed all the Depot Managers not to affect the recoveries towards PF and EDLIF contributions payable in respect of the drivers engaged by the hire bus owners henceforth, till further orders of the Hon’ble Court in Writ Petition No. 905 of 2009 and batch, in which batch of cases, the validity of the notification, dated 13th May 2008 itself is put in issue. In view of the circular instructions issued by the Chief Personnel Manager of the Corporation on 22nd July 2009, cause in this Writ Petition does not survive and hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 28th July 2009 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SPJS}