IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 10751 of 2000 Between: C.A. Azeez S/o. Dastagiri Sab Anantapur Depot, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Anantapur Depot, Anantapur District. 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Anantapur Region, Anantapur 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, direction, more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in rejecting the claim of the petitioner vide Proc.P1/785(1)/2000-ATP dated 24-4-2000 in not ﬁxing the pay scale for the petitioner of Rs.595-20-875-25-1000-30-1120 of Grade-I Driver instead of Rs.525-15-885-20-885-25-960 of ADC as arbitrary, illegal and arbitrary Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and issue consequential directions, directing the Respondents to grant all consequential beneﬁts with eﬀect from 1-4-1985 in the pay scale of Rs. 595-20-875-25-1000-30-1120 in the cadre of Driver Grade-I and pass such other order or orders as deemed fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner :SMT.S.V.INDIRA Counsel for the Respondents : SMT.W.V.S.RAJESWARI The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 10751 of 2000 ORDER : The petitioner, who had retired from service in the year 1994 as a Grade-I Driver, has ﬁled this writ petition in the year 2000, questioning the order dated 24th April 2000, issued in proceedings No.P1/785(1)/2000-ATP, in not extending the scale of Grade-I Driver for the period during which he was holding the post of Assistant Depot Clerk. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that he was appointed as a Grade-II Driver in the scale of pay of Rs.260-10-340-11-461. Thereafter, he was promoted to the post of Assistant Depot Clerk on 28.07.1980, for which, the scale of pay attached was Rs.275-10-355-12- 475. Thereafter, the petitioner was also promoted to the post of Grade-I Driver retrospectively with eﬀect from 01.04.1978. After promotion to the post of Grade-I Driver, the pay of the petitioner was re-ﬁxed in the scale of Rs.320-14-460-15-475. 3. In this writ petition, it is the case of the petitioner that even for the period during which he was holding the post of Assistant Depot Clerk, he was entitled for the pay attached to the post of Grade-I Driver, while ﬁxing the pay after his promotion to the post of Grade-I Driver. 4. The whole claim of the petitioner is based on amendment to the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Employees (Pay and Allowances) Regulations, 1964. But however, it is to be noted that the said amended regulations came into force only four years after promotion of the petitioner. In that view of the matter, the petitioner cannot claim the scale of pay attached to the post of Grade-I Driver even while he was holding the post of Assistant Depot Clerk. More over, it is to be noted that the petitioner was retired from service in the year 1994, and it is stated that all his service beneﬁts were also settled, and this writ petition itself is ﬁled belatedly in the year 2000 i.e. nearly after six years of his retirement. It is well settled that in a petition, which is ﬁled under Article 226 of the Constitution, the stale and belated claims cannot be considered, like the one on hand. In this case, no reason has been given by the petitioner for not approaching this Court for six long years from the date of his retirement. 5. In that view of the matter, I do not ﬁnd any merit in this writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 15th September 2008 ajr. To 1 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Anantapur Depot, Anantapur District. 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Anantapur Region, Anantapur District.