HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 24158 OF 2010. DATED 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN K.Chandra Mohan Reddy … Petitioner and The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Ananthapur, Ananthapur and ors ….Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 24158 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as a Driver on contract basis in the Tadipatri Depot of APSRTC in the year, 2006. However, on the ground of unauthorised absence, between 09.05.2006 to 31.07.2006, his services were terminated through proceedings dated 14.07.2006. The appeal/review ﬁled by him against the said order was rejected. The petitioner challenges the said proceedings on the ground that no enquiry was conducted, before his services were terminated. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-Corporation. The impugned order does not refer to any show cause notice, much less any domestic enquiry. The respondents proceeded on the assumption that the Conduct Regulations of the Corporation do not apply to the contractual employees. In the case of G.Venkat Rao Vs. Depot Manager, APSRTC, Visakhapatnam Depot and another[1] this Court held that the Conduct Regulations of the Corporation apply to the contractual employees also. Hence, the Writ Petition is allowed, and the impugned order is set aside. The petitioner shall be reinstated into service afresh. However, he shall not be entitled to backwages. It is left open to the respondents to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner, in accordance with law, only after his reinstatement into service. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------------------ JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY 29T H SEPTEMBER, 2010. Msnr [1] 2008(6)ALT 25