IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.25062 of 1997, 5137, 5144, 5159, 7540, 5155, 5273, 5277 and 5099 of 2001 WRIT PETITION NO:25062 of 1997 Between: 1 G.H.Chowdary S/o.Seetharam Chowdary R/o. Burja , Srikakulam dist. 2 P.Ramana S/o. Trinadha Rao R/o.Moukumpeta, Vizianagaram , & Dist 3 V.Ramakrishna Raju S/o.V.S.N.Raju R/o.Madhuravada , Visakhapatnam. 4 Uppu Satya Babu S/o.Late Veerabhadrayya R/o.Srikakulam , srikakulam Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The APSRTC Rep by its Vice -Chairman & M.D APSRTC, MUsheerabad. 2 The Execurtive ENgg APSRTC , VIsakhapatnam Dist. 3 The Dy. Executive Engineer APSRTC , Srikakulam , Srikakulam dist. 4 The Dy.Executive Engg (Electrical) APSRTC , Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO : 5137 of 2001 Between: Y.Rajendra Naidu ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5144 of 2001 Between: P.V.J.J.Raju ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5159 of 2001 Between: S.Prasad ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:7540 of 2001 Between: G.H.Chowdary and others ..... PETITIONERS AND The APSRTC and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5155 of 2001 Between: R.Ramana ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.S.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5273 of 2001 Between: D.Kanaka Raju ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5277 of 2001 Between: B.Sugunakara rao ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Executive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) WRIT PETITION NO:5099 of 2001 Between: B.Satyanarayana ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Exeuctive Engineer, APSRTC, Vizianagaram and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.S.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents:MR.C.APPAIAH SHARMA(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following : COMMON ORDER: These writ petitions arise out of identical issues and hence, they are disposed of together with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. At the hearing, Sri G.Vidyasagar, learned counsel for the petitioners in all these writ petitions submitted that the appropriate remedy for the petitioners is to approach the Industrial Tribunal under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and hence, the writ petitions may be closed with liberty to the petitioners to avail the said remedy. Sri C.Appaiah Sharma, learned Standing Counsel for APSRTC says that he has no objection for this course suggested by the learned counsel for the petitioners. In view of the same, these writ petitions are closed without going into the merits of the contentions raised by the petitioners with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to closure of main petitions, WPMP.Nos.6558, 6567, 6587, 6725, 6732, 6583 of 2001 in WP.Nos.5137, 5144, 5159, 5273, 5277, 5155 of 2001 respectively are disposed of as infructuous. Interim orders, dated 22.03.2001, 21.03.2001, 19.04.2001, 21.03.2001 are vacated, WPMP.Nos.6733, 6581, 6588, 9595 of 2001 are dismissed and WVMP.Nos.2698, 1526, 1527 of 2001, 432 of 2002 in WP.Nos.5277, 5155, 5159, 7540 of 2001 respectively are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd DECEMBER, 2008. kvni