HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 32424 of 2010 Date: December 23, 2010 Between: R. Rajendar … Petitioner And 1. The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, APSRTC, Hyderabad and another. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 32424 of 2010 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been instituted seeking directions to the respondents Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation to accord necessary age relaxation to the petitioner and preference over direct recruitees in appointment to the post of Shramik as notified on 01.11.2010 on the same basis as it was done on an earlier occasion. 2. I have heard Sri B. Ankaiah, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri C. Sunil Kumar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation. Both the learned counsel have brought to my notice that this Court had occasion to consider the same question in Writ Petition No. 29626 of 2010 and batch and gave directions to the respondent Corporation to relax the upper age limit in favour of such of those candidates who have undergone apprenticeship with the respondent Corporation, in case they possess the necessary educational qualifications and have undergone apprenticeship/training with the respondent Corporation, to an extent of four years for the posts of Shramiks, Mechanics and Artisans. It was made clear that the Corporation is entitled to select the candidates depending upon their suitability and the relaxation of the upper age limit is no way liable to be construed as conferring any priority in the matter of selection of the candidates. 3. In view of this judgment rendered by this Court on the previous occasion, which was subsequently followed in many other cases, I consider that it is appropriate that the present Writ Petition should also be disposed of on the same lines, directing the respondent Corporation to accord relaxation of upper age limit to an extent of four years, provided the petitioner possesses the necessary academic or technical qualifications and that he has undergone the apprenticeship/training with the respondent Corporation and that his application is otherwise in time and in accordance with the requisites prescribed by the respondent Corporation. It is needless to observe that this relaxation of upper age limit to an extent of four years is only to enable the petitioner to compete along with all others and shall not be treated as a preference in the matter of selection. 4. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. --------------------------------------- NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Date: December 23, 2010 BSB