IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 10829 of 1998 Between: Ch.S.Rao, S/o. Gangaiah. Mahabubabad Depot, ASPRTC., Warangal. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Divisional Manager (WL), APSRTC., Warangal. 2 The Depot Manager, APSRTC., Warangal. .....RESPONDENTS 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 the writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents is not regularising the services of the petitioner w.e.f.01/07/1992 is an arbitrary and illegal and violative of Article 14, 16(4) of the constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents to regularise the service of the petitioner w.e.f.01/07/1992 the day on which the 1st respondent regularised the services of Sri.S.K.Murthy who is similarly situated person along with the petitioner and consequently provide all service and monatory benefits and pass such other order or ordes as may be just. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri D.Vijaya Kumar Counsel for the Respondents : Smt. P. Rajani Reddy The Court made the following O R D E R: The petitioner, who has been working as a Conductor with the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, seeks regularization of his services with effect from 1st July 1992 in stead of 1st July 1994. It is not in dispute that the petitioner has been initially engaged on daily wage basis at Mahabubabad Depot in Warangal District with effect from 22nd February 1990, but however, he was disengaged from 2nd July 1990 and he was again engaged in the same depot with effect from 20th December 1990. Pursuant to a policy decision taken to regularize the services of all such daily wage Conductors who have rendered considerable man-days of service, the services of all such daily-rated Conductors have been regularized with effect from 1st July 1992. However, the services of the petitioner have not been regularized along with his batch-mates as his personal records are said to be not readily available at that time in the office for the purpose of verification. When the services of the petitioner were not so regularized, he kept on representing for regularization of his services and, ultimately, orders have been passed regularizing his services with effect from 1st July 1994. The grievance of the petitioner remains unresolved and that instead of regularizing his services along with all other similarly placed employees with effect from 1st July 1992, his services have been regularized a clean two years later. He is deprived, ultimately, of deriving the benefits of regular service for those two years. It could come in his way in the matter of taking his claim for further promotions or for calculating terminal benefits. Quite candidly, it has been admitted in paragraph 6 of the counter-affidavit that, as per records, which are available, the petitioner is also entitled for regularization of his services with effect from 1st July 1992. In view of the statement in paragraph 6 of the counter-affidavit, it is only appropriate that the Corporation should be directed to regularize the services of the petitioner with effect from 1st July 1992 and confer all such benefits which follow therefrom and which are accorded to his batch-mates. This exercise be completed within a period of two months from today. The writ petition is, therefore, allowed with costs of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred only). (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO,J) 29th February 2008 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VEENA}