IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 18926 of 2008 Between: Keshavulu Wanaparty Depot, R/o. Wanaparty, Mahaboobnagar district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, bus Bhavan - Mushirabad - Hyderabad. 2 The APSRTC, rep. by its Regional Manager, Mahaboobnagar. 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTc, Wanaparthy, Mahaboobnagar 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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in imposing punishment of deferment of annual increment for a period of 4 years with cumulative eﬀect without issuing any Show Cause Notice vide Proc.No. 02/104(341)/84-WNP, Dt. 18-1-1985, which was conﬁrmed by the Review vide Proc. Dt. 10-6-2008 as illegal, unjust and arbitrary, contrary to law and as such liable to be set aside with a Consequential direction to pay arrears of diﬀers increments and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.M.SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in imposing the punishment of deferment of annual increment for a period of four years with cumulative eﬀect vide proceedings dated 18.1.1985 without issuing any show cause notice as conﬁrmed by the appellate authority by proceedings dated 10.06.2008, as arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is suﬃce to notice that the petitioner was imposed with a punishment of deferment of annual increment for a period of four years with cumulative eﬀect vide proceedings dated 18.1.1985. The petitioner did not raise any objection as to imposing of such a punishment, but, ultimately, seems to have ﬁled an appeal before the Regional Manager, Mahabubnagar. The appellate authority rejected the appeal on the ground that it is a time barred one and cannot be entertained. Aggrieved thereby, the present writ petition is filed. From the facts narrated above, it would reveal that a ﬁnal order-cum-show cause notice imposing punishment of deferment of annual increment for a period of four years was issued on 18.1.1985 and thereafter, ﬁnal orders also appear to have been passed and the petitioner aggrieved by the same, after more than 22 years ﬁled an appeal in the year 2007 before the Regional Manager, Mahabubnagar. Therefore, the respondents have rightly rejected the case of the petitioner as time barred and the same cannot be entertained. I am of the considered opinion that the respondents have not committed any error calling for interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Writ petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. Writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. ___________ 01-09-2008 rkk