THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28500 OF 2007 DATED: 18.01.2008 Between: Ari Deshpath Rao .. Petitioner And The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Vijayawada Depot, Vijayawada. .. Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28500 OF 2007 ORDER: According to the petitioner, Driver in A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, while working at Vijayawada Bus Depot, he was proceeded with departmentally for causing a road accident and, in conclusion of the departmental proceedings, he was inflicted with a punishment of reducing his basic pay by two incremental stages for a period of two years with cumulative effect besides treating the suspension period undergone by him as ‘Not on Duty’ and recovering an amount of Rs.1,000/- from his salary towards cost of damages. Aggrieved by the said punishment, he preferred an appeal before the Deputy Chief Traffic Manager (Rural), Vijayawada, but the same was rejected by an order dated 30.01.1998. Thereupon, he preferred a review petition before the Regional Manager, Vijaywada Region, who allowed the said review petition and modified the punishment of stoppage of two annual increments with cumulative effect to that of stoppage of two annual increments without cumulative effect. While so, now the grievance of the petitioner is that, in spite of the said orders of the Regional Manager in the review petition filed by him, annual increments due for the years from 1995 to 1997 are not being released to him. In this regard, he also made a detailed representation to the respondent on 22.10.2007, but the same is not yet disposed of. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondent is directed to dispose of the representation purported to have been made by the petitioner on 22.10.2007, for releasing annual grade increments due from 1995 to 1997, and pass appropriate orders, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 18th January, 2008. IBL