THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.1823 OF 2010 Dated: 11.02.2010 Between: V. Ranga Rao … Petitioner And 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District and 2 others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.1823 OF 2010 ORDER : The petitioner herein who was appointed as a Conductor in Karimnagar Depot, APSRTC during the year 1990 was removed from service vide proceedings of the 2nd respondent dated 26.5.1992 on the ground that he had submitted bogus S.S.C. Certificate at the time of his appointment. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred I.D.No.125 of 1992 on the file of the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Godavarikhani, which was dismissed by Award dated 2.4.1994. However, subsequently the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioner vide C.C.No.1256 of 1992 on the file of the Court of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Karimnagar, ended in acquittal by judgment dated 5.6.1996. Thereafter, though the petitioner made several representations requesting to reinstate him into service, the respondents failed to respond. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents is arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material available on record. The fact that the judgment in C.C.No.1256 of 1992 acquitting the petitioner has become final is not disputed before this Court. The fact that other similarly situated persons who were acquitted along with the petitioner in C.C.No.1256 of 1992 on the very same charges were reinstated into service is also not in dispute. It is also relevant to note that in identical circumstances, W.P.No.35126 of 1998 was disposed of by this Court by order dated 01.12.2008 with directions as under: “From the material produced before me, it is quite evident that the petitioner and the other two persons figured as accused in C.C.No.1256 of 1992 and all of them are acquitted by the criminal Court, I do not therefore find any justification for the Corporation to deny the benefit of reinstatement into service a fresh Conductor without back wages and continuity of service to the petitioner as was done in the case of Sri P.Bheemaiah and Sri J.Laxmaiah. However, as the petitioner did not specifically raise this plea in the affidavit, the writ petition is disposed of by permitting him file a representation to the Regional Manager, Karimnagar Region, APSRTC, within a period of three weeks from today. The petitioner shall produce all the relevant material concerning his acquittal. The Regional manager shall within four weeks thereafter consider the case of the petitioner. On such consideration, the petitioner shall be reinstated into service if he finds that the petitioner was also acquitted along with Sri P.Bheemaiah and Sri J.Laxmaiah and that the latter two were already reinstated as fresh Conductors, without the benefit of service and payment of back wages.” In the circumstances, the Writ Petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to make a representation before the respondents 1 and 2 producing all the relevant material to substantiate his claim for reinstatement. If any such representation is made within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, the same shall be considered by the respondents 1 and 2 and appropriate orders be passed in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of such representation. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 11.02.2010 gbs