THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI Writ Petition No. 12939 of 1999 Dated: 17.03.2010 Between: G.Jyothi … Petitioner And The Managing Director, APSRTC, Hyderabad and another … Respondents THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No. 12939 of 1999 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in denying the post of Conductor to the petitioner on compassionate grounds as arbitrary and illegal. It is the specific case of the petitioner that her husband by name G.Ramesh was working as a Conductor in the A.P.State Road Transport Corporation and he died on 09.04.1998 while in service. The petitioner made an application for appointment to the post of Conductor on compassionate grounds. However, the petitioner’s candidature was rejected and aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Corporation, it is stated that the petitioner appeared before the departmental selection committee constituted for selection to the post of Conductor Grade-II on 29.07.1998. However, the selection committee found that the petitioner was not fit for appointment to the post of Conductor since her height was only “144” cms as against the prescribed height “153” cms. It is further stated that there was no other suitable post to appoint her on compassionate grounds and therefore, the Corporation was willing to grant the additional monetary benefits available under the scheme. In the light of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Corporation, the impugned action of the Corporation cannot be found fault with. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the Corporation to extend all the monetary benefits to which the petitioner is entitled to under the compassionate appointment scheme. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 17.03.2010 KLP