IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19475 of 2000 Between: Mohd. Osman S/o Late Mohd.Meeran Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad -- 500 011. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Vice - Chairman and Managing Director, A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Manager (Materials) Regional Stores , A.P.S.R.T.C., Uppal, R.R. District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner to a suitable post under the statutory provision of 30% quota as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, null and void, and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner to any suitable job under the statutory provision of 30% quota to which he is eligible being the son of the Ex-Employee of the Respondent Corporation who was retired on Medical invalidation, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MOHD.ZIA-UL-HAQ (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19475 OF 2000 ORDER: There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not appointing him to any suitable post in the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation in the quota reserved for the children of former employees of the Corporation as arbitrary and illegal. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that his father worked in the respondent Corporation and retired from service on 31.01.1994 in view of medical invalidation, and subsequently died on 21.06.1997. The petitioner claims employment in the respondent Corporation on the ground that the respondent Corporation has evolved a scheme for providing employment to the children of the deceased employees as well as the children of the retired employees, by reserving 30% of the vacant posts. 4. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled on behalf of the respondents, it is stated that circulars issued by the respondent Corporation stipulating reservation to the children of the employees were declared unconstitutional by this Court by order in W.P.No.15163 of 1996. It is further stated that in view of the said order of this Court, the reservations made to the children of the employees of the Corporation at 10% quota in the cadre of Conductor or 30% quota in the cadre of Cleaner have ceased to be in force. 5. In view of the averments made in the counter-aﬃdavit that the circulars issued by the Corporation stipulating reservation of certain vacant posts to the children of the employees were set aside by this Court, no direction as sought for can be granted in this writ petition. 6. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY 28th August, 2008 IBL