THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 16634 of 2006 Dated: 09.08.2006 Between: M. Adinarayana, S/o M. Narayanappa, Driver, E.No.408306, R/o D.No.26/62, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District. .... PETITIONER AND The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Musheerabad, Hyderabad and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 16634 of 2006 Order: The petitioner was appointed as a Driver in the respondents- Corporation on 25.02.1992. While working as such, during periodic medical examination, the Medical Officer, APSRTC Dispensary, Hindupur, declared the petitioner medically unfit to hold the post of Driver, vide his letter, dated 08.05.2006. Against the said declaration, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Chief Medical Officer, APSRTC, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, and that the Medical Board, after re-examining the petitioner on 08.06.2006, also declared him medically unfit to hold the post of Driver due to defective vision. Immediately thereafter, the petitioner made a representation dated 26.06.2006 under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, requesting the 3rd respondent, namely the Regional Manager, to provide alternative employment, but till date, no orders thereon have been passed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-APSRTC. Since the representation dated 26.06.2006, said to have been made by the petitioner under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 requesting to provide alternative employment, is pending consideration before the 3rd respondent, without going into the merits of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following direction. The 3rd respondent, namely the Regional Manager, APSRTC, Ananthapur, is directed to consider the representation, dated 26.06.2006, of the petitioner for providing alternative employment in lieu of his medical unfitness in the light of the provisions under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and pass appropriate orders thereon, expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 09.08.2006 Nsr/Tvk