THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3271 of 2011 Date:14.02.2011 Between: M.H.R. Krishna and others ..... Petitioners AND The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Hyderabad and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri K. Venkataramudu for Sri M.M.Sharif Counsel for Respondents: Sri K. Madhava Reddy, standing counsel for APSRTC The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant time to the petitioners till the end of June, 2011 for vacating the residential quarters in their occupation. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel for APSRTC appearing for the respondents. The petitioners are employees of respondent No.1 Corporation. They are in occupation of residential quarters in block Nos. 3, 5, 14, 15 and 16 located at Kachiguda, Hyderabad. In pursuance of a policy decision taken under JNNURM scheme, respondent No.1 has proposed construction of a bus depot at Kachiguda. For this purpose, respondent No.2 has issued notice dated 08.11.2010 to the occupants of the quarters, where the bus depot is proposed to be constructed to handover the quarters to the department concerned and apply for alternative accommodation in respect of certain vacant blocks, a list of which was enclosed. Having waited for more than three months after receipt of notices, the petitioners have filed the present writ petition. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the opinion that the impugned notice does not suffer from any illegality or arbitrariness. While, ordinarily no employee can claim occupation of an official quarter as of right, if he is sought to be evicted due to administrative exigencies, he cannot have any legitimate grievance in that regard. From the impugned notice, it is evident that the quarters in occupation of the petitioners are required for the purpose of construction of a bus depot and the petitioners are offered alternative accommodation. In this set of facts, I do not find any arbitrariness or illegality in the decision of the respondents in asking the petitioners to vacate the quarters. For the aforementioned reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed. The petitioners are, however, permitted to apply for alternative accommodation, if not already done, within a period of one week from today. If such applications are made, the respondents shall consider and allot quarters, subject to their availability and eligibility of the petitioners. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.4055 of 2011 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 14th February, 2011 GHN