IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED WRIT APPEAL NO : 784 of 2000 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 26-8- 1996 in WP NO : 17603 of 1996 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Ongole Region, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2. The APSRTC rep., by its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 3.The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Nellore Region, Nellore, Nellore District. 4.The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Bus Depot, Addanki, Prakasam District. 5.The depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Podili, Prakasam District 6.The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Giddalur, Prakasam District. 7.The Deport Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Kavali, Nellore District. 8. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Nellore, Depot-II, Nellore District. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1.P.Tirupathi Reddy, s/o Tirupathi Reddy, 30 years 2.T.Ramanjaneyulu, s/o Chimpiraiah, 29 years 3.B.Purnachandra Rao s/o Swamulu, 36 years 4.Sk.Khajavali, s/o Lalsaheb, 32 years 5.M.Hanumantha Rao s/o Lakshminarayana, 36 years 6.B.Venkateswara Rao s/o Venkata Subbaiah, 32 years 7.K.Ramanjaneyulu, s/o Basavaiah, 35 years, 8.M.Hanumantha Rao s/o Pothuraju, 42 years 9.T.Sambasiva Rao s/o Adaiah, 40 years 10.M.Subba Rao s/o Venkata Subbaiah, 42 years 11.M.V.Subba Rao, s/o Venkateswarlu, 33 years 12.P.Nagabhushanam, s/o Chinnakotaiah, 33 years, r/o Podili, Prakasam District (Petitioners 1to 11 are working as conductors in APSRTC Addanki, r/o Addanki, Prakasam District.) 13.G.Srinivasulu, s/o Subbaiah, aged 30 years 14.B.Rama Naik, s/o Sukla Naik, aged 30 years 15.M.Rangaiah, s/o P.Rangaiah, 33 years 16.M.C.N.Reddy, s/o Gurava Reddy,35 years 17.M.E.Jaya kumar s/o Edwards, aged 33 years 18.N.Srinivas Rao s/o Kondaiah, 32 years (Petitioners 13 to 18 are working as conductors in Giddaluru bus depot, Prakasam District) r/o Giddalur. 19.V.Ch.Ramireddy, s/o Ramana Reddy, aged 34 years, 20.Sk.Khasim Saheb s/o Galib Saheb, aged 30 years 21.Md.Basheer Ahemed, s/o Md Khader Basha, 30 years 22.M.Rama Krishna, s/o Subba Reddy, 29 years 23.Sk.Basha Saheb, s/o Mastan Saheb, 34 years 24.S.Mastanaiah s/o Pottaiah, 31 years, working as conductor in Nellore bus depot-II r/o Nellore. 25.O.Prabhakara Rao s/o Venkata Subbaiah, aged 35 years (Petitioenrs 19 to 23 are working as conductors in Kavali Bus depot Nellore District, r/o Kavali) .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellants: MR.R.MANMADHA REDDY (SC FOR APSRTC) Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 25: Mr M.Ravindranath Reddy Mr. M.Ganga Rao The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice J. Chelameswar) This appeal is preferred by the respondents in writ petition No.17603 of 1996. It is seen from the order under appeal that it is an agreed order. The relevant portion of the order reads as follows:- “Heard both the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation. It is submitted by them that similar matters are disposed of in Writ Appeal No.705 of 1995 dated 24.07.1995 and the present writ petition also can be disposed of accordingly.” Therefore, the writ appeal is dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ J. CHELAMESWAR, J. ___________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. Dated: 22nd March, 2005 Bud Copy to 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Ongole Region, Ongole, Prakasham District. 2. The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, APSRTC, Mushirabad, Hyderabad. 3. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Nellore Region, Nellore, Nellore District. 4. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Addanki, Prakasham Dsitrict. 5. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Podili, Prakasham District. 6. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Giddalur, Prakasham District. 7. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Kavali, Nellore District. 8. The Depot Manager, APSRTC Bus Depot, Nellore, Depot-II, Nellore District. 9. Two C.D. Copies