IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25995 of 1998 Between: Medisetty Venkateswara Rao, S/o Venkata Raju, R/o Madupalli, Inavalli Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep by its Regional Manager, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. .....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the Proceedings No.LC/876(5)/97-RM-RJY, dt.31-7-98 on the file of the 2nd Respondent with regard to the claim of the petitioner is concerned as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and contrary to the directions of the Hon'ble High Court of A.P. in W.P.No.5186/87 and issue consequential directions to the respondents to appoint the petitioner as clearer or in any suitable post in the A.P.S.R.T.C. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.K.CHIDAMBARAM Counsel for the Respondents : MR.C.PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25995 of 1998 ORDER : This writ petition is filed questioning the proceedings dated 31st July 1998 issued in Proceedings No.LC/876(5)/97- RM-RJY, by the 2nd respondent-Regional Manager, A.P.State Road Transport Corporation (for short ‘the APSRTC’), Rajahmundry. By the aforesaid order, the claim of the petitioner for employment as a Cleaner in APSRTC is rejected. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that he was working as a Cleaner in a private bus bearing No.APS-1771, which was being plied on the route from Inavalli to Gopalapuram. It is stated that plying of the said bus was stopped in the year 1991 due to Nationalisation of the route, as such, he became unemployed. 3. The APSRTC has issued some Circulars giving the benefit of employment for those who worked as Conductors and Drivers in the private buses, which have been stopped in view of the Nationalisation of routes. Earlier, when his claim was rejected, the petitioner has approached this Court by filing Writ Petition No.9626 of 1997. The said writ petition was disposed of directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner as per the schemes notified by the APSRTC. The said orders were also confirmed in Writ Appeal No.1474 of 1998 by order dated 24th December 1997. 4. However, presently, by impugned order, the claim of the petitioner was rejected by recording a reason that under the scheme, there is no provision for absorption of persons other than those who worked as Drivers and Conductors in the private buses. Even the learned counsel for petitioner has fairly submitted that the scheme that is notified by the APSRTC is for the purpose of employing Drivers and Conductors who became unemployed by virtue of the Nationalisation of routes. There is no provision in the scheme for absorption of persons other than those who worked as Conductors and Drivers. 5. Asmuch as the very claim of the petitioner is as per the scheme, and in the absence of any benefit to be extended to the persons other than Conductors and Drivers under the scheme, the petitioner cannot claim as a matter of right, for his appointment as Cleaner on the ground that he worked as a Cleaner in a private bus prior to Nationalization of the route. 6. In that view of the matter, I do not find any infirmity in the impugned proceedings issued by the 2nd respondent, rejecting the claim of the petitioner, and the reasons recorded therein are in consonance with the schemes framed by the APSRTC. 7. Writ petition is devoid of merit and is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 16th April 2008 ajr To: 1 The A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep by its Regional Manager, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District.