IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9699 of 2008 Between: A.Rana Pratap S/o.Koteswar RAo Ranaa Man Power & Placement Service Pvt Ltd R/o.1-9- 1245/2,Sahakara Nagar,Huntur Road Hanmakonda, Warangal District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, rep.by its Managing Director, Musheerabad,Hyderabad 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC., Karimnagar Region Karimnagar 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTC,Godavarikhani Depot Karimnagar District .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.SURYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.P.RAJANI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to quash tender notification, dated 17.04.2008 in respect of Godavarikhani Depot, whereunder fresh tenders are called for outsourcing of Shramiks. The grievance of the petitioner is that the contract entrusted to the petitioner in pursuance of the earlier tender notification is valid till 30.11.2009 and without terminating the said contract, the impugned tender notification is issued for entrustment of the work afresh. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that on certain allegations, a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner on 17.04.2008 by respondent No.2 and the petitioner submitted his explanation on 26.04.2008 and that so far, no orders have been passed thereon. In the light of the above mentioned submission, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents took time for instructions on 29.04.2008 and today, at the hearing, she reported that no orders have yet been passed by respondent No.2 on the show cause notice issued to the petitioner and that as on today, the petitioner’s contract is not terminated. So long as the petitioner’s contract is not varied or terminated, the respondents are not justified in calling for fresh tenders. In this view of the matter, the impugned tender notification to the extent it relates to Godavarikhani Depot is quashed. Liberty is given to the respondents to issue fresh tender notice depending upon the outcome of the proceedings initiated by respondent No.2 against the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly, partly allowed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th APRIL, 2008 kvni