HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10098 of 2011 Date: April 15, 2011 Between: A.Ramesh Babu … Petitioner And 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Anantapur Region, Anantapur, & another. … Respondents This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10098 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings No.P2/255(1)/06-ADN, dated 30.08.2006, of the Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Adoni Depot, Adoni, Kurnool-2nd respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to re-engage the petitioner as Driver in the Corporation by extending all the benefits on par with similar drivers. 2. The writ petitioner has been appointed in the year 2006 as a Driver on Contract basis in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short ‘the Corporation’). He attended the duties assigned by the Depot Manager at Patthikonda Depot upto 04.07.2006 and thereafter he was transferred to the 2nd respondent Depot. Due to ill health, the petitioner was absent to duty from 10.07.2006 onwards. After 15 days, when the petitioner reported to duty, the 2nd respondent informed him that his services were terminated on the ground of unauthorised absenteeism to duty from 10.07.2006 onwards. The 2nd respondent has not served the proceedings relating to the termination of the services of the petitioner. The petitioner approached the 2nd respondent on number of occasions to furnish the order of termination. As his request was not considered, he filed W.P.No.29947 of 2010 and the same was disposed of by this Court on 01.12.2010 directing the 2nd respondent to furnish the order of termination. Accordingly, the 2nd respondent served proceedings, dated 30.08.2006. Hence, the writ petition. 3. In the similar facts and circumstances, this Court by order, dated 22.02.2011, in W.P.No.4087 of 2011, disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to re-engage the petitioner therein as Contract Driver; that the petitioner therein shall not be entitled for any benefits from the date of his absence till the date of re- engagement, except counting the service rendered by him during that period for any benefit; and that he should be notionally treated to have continued in service. 4. Following the same, this Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU, J April 15, 2011. LMV