IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21269 of 1999 Between: Sk.Khasim E.66605, S/o. Ahmed, R/o. Tenali, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Dy. Chief Traffic Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., O/o.The Regional Manager, Guntur District, Guntur. 3 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Guntur-I Depot, Guntur. 4 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Tenali, Guntur 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 may be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent herein in issuing the impugned Proc.No.P3/2(11)/94-Guntur-I dated 30/05/1995 by imposing the punishment of deferment of 2 increments with cumulative eﬀect basis recovering an amount of Rs.1000/- which was conﬁrmed by the appellate authority and review authority in Proc.dt.09/04/1999 and 14/09/1999 respectively as illegal, arbitrary as the petitioner was acquitted by the competent criminal court in C.C.No. 35/1995 dated 15/05/1997 and as such set aside the punishment and as well as conﬁrming orders with a consequential direction to the 3rd respondent herein to pay the arrears of deducted increments from 30/05/1995 forthwith in the interest of justice and pass such further orders as this Hon'ble Court deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.M.SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondents: MR. C. PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.21269 of 1999 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY 25th August, 2008 IBL