IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19981 of 2000 Between: 1 P.V.S.C.N.Rao, S/o.Subba Rao, A.P.S.R.T.C., R/o.Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 A.A.N. Murthy, S/o.Chandranna, A.P.S.R.T.C., R/o.Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 3 G.N.Raju, S/o.Suryanarayana Raju, A.P.S.R.T.C., R/o.Amalapuram, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Amalapuram Depot, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 R.V.B.Rao, E.62713, Conductor, S/o. Venkatrao, R/o. Amalapuram, East Godavari District. (Impleaded as per Court order dated 28.08.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.31865 of 2000) .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more especially in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent withdrawing the petitioners from the express chart ignoring their seniority while continuing juniors of the petitioners in Bus Depot A.P.S.R.T.C., Amalapuram under proceeding dated:16.10.2000 as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Art.14 of the Constitution of India and pass such other and further orders which are deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.UDAYA BHASKARA RAO (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.C.PRAKASH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.S.M. SUBHAN The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19981 OF 2000 ORDER: There is no representation on behalf of the petitioners. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioners, who are working as Conductors in the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation at Amalapuram Bus Depot, seek directions by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent Corporation in withdrawing their names from the Express Chart, which is prepared for allotment of services to the Conductors of the Bus Depot of Amalapuram, as arbitrary and illegal. 3. It is the grievance of the petitioners that though initially their names found place in the Express Chart, subsequently their names were withdrawn from the said Chart, without any valid reason, while the names of their juniors were retained, and the same is arbitrary and illegal. 4. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled on behalf of the respondent Corporation, it is stated that the management identiﬁed fourteen Conductors including the petitioners herein to withdraw from the Express Chart duties based on the principle of ‘last come ﬁrst go’. It is further stated that the claims of the petitioners will be considered for booking them in Express Chart duties in future, in the event of increase of express services or arising of any vacancy in the Express Chart. 5. Preparation of Express Chart appears to be for the purpose of convenience in posting the Conductors on various duties. The petitioners, therefore, as a matter of right, cannot seek any directions for inclusion of their names in such Chart. Based on the exigencies and requirement of services, it is always open for the management to modify the chart and to eﬀect inclusions and deletions, and the same is in the domain of the respondent Corporation. 6. In that view of the matter, I do not ﬁnd any merit in this writ petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY 28th August, 2008 IBL