HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.4456 of 2011 Date : 25-2-2011 Between : A.S. Sambaiah s/o.Sayanna .. Petitioner And APSRTC, represented by its Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla Counsel for respondents : Sri C.Sunil Kumar Reddy, Standing Counsel The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in paying differential hire charges to the petitioner in respect of his bus bearing registration No.AP 25V 8012, hired to the respondents for being plied between Bodhan, Medak and Hyderabad, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing Sri C.Sunil Kumar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel, on instructions, fairly conceded that the petitioner is also placed similar to the owners of the buses bearing registration Nos.AP 25V 5679, AP 25V 5769, AP 25V 5580 and AP 25V 5577, whose buses were also plied on the same route as the petitioner’s bus was plied and that on a joint survey conducted, the actual length of route was revised to KM 214.22 and the revised Vehicle Utilization (UV) was KM 428. It is also submitted that by proceedings dated 22-7-2009, respondent No.1 has permitted respondent No.2 to pay the differential charges to the owners of the above mentioned four vehicles. Following the same, the petitioner made his representation dated 13-8- 2009 to respondent No.2 for payment of the revised hire charges as was done in the case of the above four vehicles. The learned Standing Counsel stated that the said representation was forwarded by respondent No.2 to respondent No.1 and that the same is pending. In my opinion, when the petitioner is similarly situated as the owners of the other four buses to whom the revised hire charges were paid, there is no justification whatsoever for the respondents in not extending that benefit to the petitioner and keeping his representation pending for 1½ years. In this view of the matter, the respondents are directed to pay the revised hire charges to the petitioner within a period of one month from today. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is allowed with costs of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only). ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 25-2-2011 AM