IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos. :19272 of 2000 & 7368 of 2002 W.P.No.19272 of 2000 Between: Ahmed Khan, S/o Mehamood Khan, E.No. 40536, Bheemgal Depot, Nizamabad Division. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Managing Director, Mushirabad, HYDERABAD. 2 The Regional Manager, A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, NIZAMABAD. 3 A.P.S.R.T.C. Selection Committee for Promotion to the post of Leading Hand, A.P.S.R.T.C, Nizamabad. 4 G.K.Murthy, S/o (not know to the petitioner), E.No.29976, Bheemgal Depot, Nizamabad Distirct. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to call for the records from respondents 1 to 3 and issue and an appropriate Writ or Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of respondents 2 and 3 in refusing to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Leading Hand as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, discriminatory and in violation of principles of natural justice and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and grant all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO Counsel for the Respondents : SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI W.P.No.7368 of 2002 Between: Ahmed Khan, S/o. Mahamood Khan, Bheemgal Depot, R/o. 9-17-48/28, Hashami Colony, Nizamabad, Nizamabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Regional Manager, Nizamabad Region, Nizamabad. 3 A.P.State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Depot Manager, Nizamabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to call for the records from the 2nd and 3rd Respondents and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the punishment inﬂicted by the 3rd Respondent in proceedings No.M1/417(2)/97-NZB, dated 31-8- 1998 and conﬁrmed by the 2nd Respondent by order dated 17-1- 2001 as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, amounts to an act of victimisation, unfair labour practice and villative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and grant all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following : COMMON ORDER : It is submitted by learned Counsel Sri T.Chandrashekhar Reddy, representing the learned counsel for petitioner Sri A.K.Jayaprakash Rao, that as much as the petitioner has retired from service on attaining the age of super-annuation, he is not pressing for the relief sought for in these writ petitions. Recording the said submission, both the writ petitions are dismissed as ‘not pressed’. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 11th November 2008 ajr