HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 23013 of 2009 Date: 28.10.2009 Between: K.R.Chary … Petitioner And The APSRTC., Rep., by its Managing Director, Hyderabad and another. … Respondent HONOURABLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 23013 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not paying the terminal benefits to the petitioner like Gratuity and other benefits from the date of termination to till reinstatement i.e. from 1981 to 1993 is arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to my notice by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by the decision of this Court in M.Rama Rao v. Assistant Traffic Manager, APSRTC, Hyderabad and another[1], wherein it was held that the Management cannot deny payment of gratuity to the employee for the period for which he is out of employment. Heard both sides. It is not in dispute that by award dated 19.06.1992 in I.D.No.117 of 1991 on the file of the Labour Court-III, Hyderabad the petitioner was directed to be reinstated with continuity of service and the same has become final. In the circumstances, following the order of this Court in M.Rama Rao’s case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for payment of gratuity for the period from 1981 to 1993 in terms of the award in I.D.No.117 of 1991, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. ___________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 28.10.2009 KLP [1] 1998 (3) ALD 76