THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.5250 OF 2011 Dated: 02.08.2011 Between : A. Narsi Reddy .. Petitioner And 1. The APSRTC, rep. by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Bus Bhavan, Musheerabad, Hyderabad And 2 others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.5250 OF 2011 ORDER : The petitioner being the successful bidder in the tender notification dated 10.6.2011 issued by the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation (for short, ‘the Corporation’) inviting tenders for operation of hire buses, was allotted the route Hayatnagar to Gandicheruvu with an operational distance of 317 kms per day. Pursuant thereto, an agreement dated 4.10.2007 was entered into between the Corporation and the petitioner has been operating the bus bearing Regn.No.AP- 29-TA-0312 on the said route. Though the operational distance as per the agreement is 317 kms, it is alleged that the Corporation has been paying the hire charges for a distance of 310 kms only claiming that as per the survey undertaken by the Officials of the Corporation the distance was found to be 310 kms only. The petitioner disputed the same and at his request a joint survey was conducted on 3.3.2010 with a bus owned by the Corporation wherein the operational distance was found to be 320.70 kms. In spite of the same, the Corporation failed to pay the hire charges for the actual operational distance of 320.7 kms as found in the joint survey or at least for 317 kms specified in the agreement. Hence the present writ petition seeking a declaration that the inaction on the part of the Corporation in implementing the joint survey conducted to Route No.204 for the purpose of payment of hire charges to the petitioner is arbitrary and illegal. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent, it is stated that the Regional Manager, Hyderabad, directed to conduct route survey again with the Committee consisting of DVM/HD, Dy. CME/HR, DM/MD and Security Head Guard along with the petitioner to determine the correct route length and accordingly route survey was conducted on 5.8.2010 whereunder the length was found to be 315.45 kms. It is further stated that since three different lengths were found in the survey, it has been decided to conduct final route survey by giving advance notice to the petitioner. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Corporation submitted that the Corporation will act upon the route length as per the survey that may be conducted finally in the presence of the petitioner. Having regard to the admitted fact that there is a variation in the route length in the surveys conducted on different occasions, I am of the opinion that it is necessary to conduct a final route survey as proposed by the Corporation. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to conduct a final route survey in Route No.204 in the presence of the petitioner and the hire charges as well as the arrears payable to the petitioner shall be paid on the basis of the outcome of such final route survey. The survey in terms of the above directions shall be completed within a period of two weeks from today and the amounts payable to the petitioner shall be paid within a period of four weeks thereafter. Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 02.08.2011 Note:- CC in 2 days. (B/O) gbs