HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. Nos.13859 and 15365 of 1998 W.P.No.13859 of 1998 Between P.Nageswaramma ..Petitioner AND The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Nellore ..Respondent W.P.No.15365 of 1998 Between M.Geetavani ..Petitioner AND The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Ongole ..Respondent :: JUDGMENT :: 11.4.2007 HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. Nos.13859 and 15365 of 1998 The question raised in these two writ petitions is relating to the physical standards required to be possessed for recruitment as Conductors even by the female candidates. The objection is that the physical standards prescribed by the A.P.S.R.T.C. for the woman candidates for the post of Conductor are very steep inasmuch as the average height of an Indian woman particularly hailing from rural areas is less than 153 cms and therefore, consequently, they are being deprived of employment altogether. The next objection is that the physical standard in particular, the requirement of height, is same for both men and women and prescribing such condition is also an illegality. These very contentions have fallen for consideration in W.P.No.2825 of 1998 in which I have already decided and found that prescribing the physical standard of height of 153 cms for employment of women candidates as Conductors is not illegal or arbitrary. In view of the judgment rendered in W.P.No.2825 of 1998, this case is also dismissed. No costs. _________________________________ NOOTY RAMA MOHANA RAO.J. 11.4.2007 psr