IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 5081 of 2004 Between: 1 B.Satyanarayana s/o Buchaiah APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist 2 T.Bala Show Reddy s/o Rayapa Reddy . APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist 3 Md.Shafeeq Ahmed s/o Shareef Ahmed APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist 4 E.Chandraiah s/o Narsaiah APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist 5 K.Siddaiah s/o Chandraiah APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Regional Manager APSRTC Warangal Dist 2 The Depot Manager , APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist .....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 direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents in not giving the Special Grade /Stagnation Increment to the petitioners with effect from their completion of 12 years of Service in the APSRTC. in total (all regions) and counting the present region 's Service of 12 yrs for Special Grade as bad, arbitrary, illegal, unjust and unreasonable and contrary to the circulars and contrary to the Judgments of this Hon'ble Court and consequently direct to agect 12 years stagnation increment/Special Grade to the petitioner on their completion of 12 years of Service in all the regions of the Corporations. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VENKATESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.HARINATH & Smt.P.Rajani Reddy, SC for APSRTC The Court made the following : ORDER: It is submitted by the learned Counsel appearing on either side that the question involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by an unreported judgment of this Court in W.P.No.20168 of 2003 and batch, dated 06-08-2004. Following the said judgment, this writ petition is also allowed with the same directions. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- 27-04-2005 LUR That Rule Nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, the acting Chief Justice on this Wednesday, the twenty seventh day of April, Two thousand and five. REGISTRAR Copy to: 1 The Regional Manager APSRTC Warangal Dist 2 The Depot Manager , APSRTC, Jangoan Bus Depot, Warangal Dist 3. Two CD copies.