THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.18640 of 1996 Dated 18-01-2007 Between: M.D.Ahmed. ..... PETITIONER AND The Chairman & Managing Director, A.P.S.R.T.C., Musheerabad, Hyderabad & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.18640 of 1996 O R D E R: Questioning the action of the respondents in voluntarily retiring the petitioner from service, vide office order dated 03-04-1995, without providing employment to his son as arbitrary and illegal and for a consequential direction to the respondent either to provide employment to the petitioner’s son or take him back into service, the present writ petition is filed. Sri K.Udaya Sri, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that this Court, by order in WPMP.No.23011 of 1996 dated 12-02-1997, had directed the respondents to reconsider the representation of the petitioner dated 16-08-1996 and take him back into service as driver pending disposal of the writ petition. Learned counsel would submit that the interim stay was made absolute and the writ appeal preferred there against was also dismissed and on a contempt being filed, the petitioner was reinstated into service and consequently, he retired from service on 29-02-2000. Learned counsel would submit that insofar as payment of terminal benefits is concerned, the petitioner has filed W.P.No.18529 of 2001, which is pending on the file of this Court. Since the relief sought for in this writ petition is either to take the petitioner back into duty or to provide employment to his son and inasmuch as pursuant to the interim directions of this Court, the petitioner was taken back into service and he has since retired, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________ 18-01-2007 usd