IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 10331 of 2005 Between: A.Maheswara Reddy, S/o. Sathi Reddy, 37 years, Devalamma Nagaram, Choutappal M, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Hyderabad City Region, JBS, Picket, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that the action of the respondent in not considering the petitioner’s candidature to the post of Driver Grade II in Hyderabad City Region and canceling/deleting the petitioners’ name from the selected candidates list of Driver Post on the ground that the petitioner did not respond to the call of the respondent on news papers in October/November, 2001 as bad, arbitrary, unjust, unreasonable and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to appoint the petitioners as Drivers Grade II ;on par with their juniors in the selection list. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.VENKATESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent.: MR.V.T.M.PRASAD (S.C.FOR APSRTC) The Court, at the admission stage, made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 10331 of 2005 ORDER: The matter in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the order of this Court in W.P.No.19873 of 2004, dated 01-11-2004. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of following the order passed in the said writ petition. 2. Therefore, the respondent-Regional Manager, AP State Road Transport Corporation, City Region, Hyderabad, is directed to examine the case of the petitioners also for appointment irrespective of the fact that they failed to attend to duty, during the strike period, in pursuance of the paper notification given by the respondent and pass appropriate orders regarding their request for appointment in pursuance of the selection made already, within two months’ time, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is needless to mention that the impugned order shall stand set aside and it is open for the respondent to consider the petitioners’ case afresh as directed above. No costs. ___________________ April 28, 2005 Kvr To 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Hyderabad City Region, JBS, Picket, Secunderabad. 2. Two C.D.Copies.