IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20840 of 2008 Between: A. Ramakrishna Sai, s/o. Late Venkateswarlu, Asst. ManagerAPSRTC, Midhani Depot, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 APSRTC rep by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Addl. Manager, APSRTC, Hyderabad Division, Gowliguda, Hyderabad. .....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 a writ, order or direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the proceedings No. ST/18(1)/2008-DVM (HYD) dated 29-8-2008 are illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 & 16 of the constitution of India and further declare that the petitioner is entitled to be reinstated into service forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.SURENDER RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20840 OF 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled questioning the order No.ST/18(1)/2008-DVM(HYD), dated 29.08.2008, passed by the Divisional Manager of Hyderabad Division, A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, whereunder the petitioner, who was working as Assistant Manager (Personnel) at Midhani Bus Depot, was placed under suspension on the ground that he was trapped by the Anti Corruption Bureau authorities while receiving bribe amount of Rs.6,000/- from a Contractor for processing and forwarding the bills relating to the works of cleaning, washing and sweeping of buses at Midhani Depot, executed by the said Contractor, and that he was arrested in connection with the said oﬀence after registration of a criminal case. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that suspension of the petitioner is not in the public interest, that no purpose would be served keeping the petitioner under suspension and that the petitioner was also enlarged on bail in the criminal case. I am not inclined to accept the contentions of the learned counsel for the petitioner. This is a case where the petitioner was caught red handed by the Anti Corruption Bureau authorities while receiving an amount of Rs.6,000/- towards bribe and that a criminal case was registered against him and the investigation is stated to be in progress. No extraordinary grounds are made out to interfere with the impugned order at this stage, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th September, 2008. IBL