IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.16728 OF 2011 BETWEEN: K. Pushpalatha W/o. late T. Raji Reddy …. Petitioner AND A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad and others …. Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.16728 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as a Conductor on contractual basis by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Her services were terminated through proceedings, dated 24-05-2007, by the Depot Manager, Jeedimetla Depot, respondent No.4 herein, on the ground that she committed certain cash and ticket irregularities. The same is challenged in this writ petition. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents, without conducting domestic enquiry and without issuing any show cause notice, terminated her from service. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. It is, no doubt, true that the appointment of the petitioner is on contractual basis. However, the respondents are under obligation to issue show cause notice and conduct departmental enquiry in case they intend to impose any punishment on such employees. 4. This Court took the view that the very terms of the contract employment indicate the Service Regulations issued by the Corporation applied to such employees also and in a batch of writ petitions, the orders of termination passed by the Corporation, without issuing show cause notice and without conducting domestic enquiry, were set aside. 5. Hence, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned order is set aside. The petitioner shall be reinstated into service forthwith, but she shall not be entitled to the back wages. It shall be open to the respondents to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner in accordance with law, if they still feel that the same is necessary. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU, J June 17, 2011. KTL