IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23992 of 1999 Between: A.Bapu Rao (E.301077) S/o Pochanna, Nizamabad Depot. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Regional Manager, Nizamabad Region, Nizamabad. 2 Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Nizamabad Depot, Nizamabad. .....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 or Direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus :- i) declaring the action of the Respondents in not regularising my service and in not counting my seniority with effect from the date of my initial appointment, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the Service Regulations of the Corporation: ii) direct the Respondents to regularise my services and to count my seniority with effect from the date of my initial appointment duly granting all other consequential reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.K.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI The Court made the following : ORDER : The sole petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking to declare the action of respondents in not regularizing his service and in not counting the seniority with effect from the date of his initial appointment as illegal and arbitrary, and to direct them to regularize his service by counting seniority from the date of initial appointment. 2. During the pendency of the writ petition, the sole petitioner had died. Though time was obtained by the learned counsel for petitioner on several occasions to bring on record the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner, so far, they have not been impleaded as parties to this writ petition. 3. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as abated. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 3rd February 2009. ajr