THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.8539 OF 2010 Dated 16th April, 2010 Between: P.Siva Prasad …Petitioner And The APSRTC rep. By its Vice-Chairman and two others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri K.Rathanga Pani Reddy Counsel for the respondents: None appeared The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in paying the differential hire charges for kms 8 per day for the contract period of five years in respect of bus bearing No. AP16 TT 9998 in pursuance of joint survey report dated 31.12.2003 as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri K.Rathanga Pani Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record. The petitioner’s bus bearing the registration number referred to above was taken on hire by the respondents for being plied between Nidadavole to Dondapudi. The said lease has come to an end by 31.03.2008. Evidently there was a dispute regarding the actual distance for which the petitioner’s bus was plied. According to the petitioner, a joint survey was conducted and report dated 31.12.2003 was submitted by respondent No.3 based on the said joint survey. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.2 has not so far paid the differential amount on the basis of the joint survey. Though in his affidavit, the petitioner stated that several representations have been made for payment of the differential hire charges, no reference to any of those representations is made nor copies thereof have been filed. In my opinion, the petitioner ought to have made a specific demand to respondents 1 and 2 before filing the present writ petition. Accordingly, the petitioner is permitted to make a representation to respondents 1 and 2. If such a representation is received, the said respondents shall examine the same and pay the differential hire charges to the petitioner if survey report dated 31.12.2003 found that the actual distance was Kms 324 as against Kms 316. The said exercise shall be completed by respondents 1 and 2 within four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of the representation from the petitioner. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.10989 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 16th April, 2010 vrn