THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No.473 of 2007 Dated: 05th January, 2007 Between: A.Demudu. …..PETITIONER AND The APSRTC, rep by its Personnel Officer, O/o. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. and ors. ….RESPONDENTS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA W.P.No.473 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondenpts to fix the pay and seniority of the petitioner at appropriate place by adding (Notional increments) taking into consideration of his seniority from the date of his initial appointment as Driver with all consequential benefits including the arrears of pay. Petitioner was appointed as Casual Driver in the respondents Corporation on 02-5-1985 and later his services were regularised as Grade II Driver. Petitioner states that he was removed from service vide order dated 25-07-1994 on the ground that he was irregular in attending his duties from 9-8-1993 to 24-7-1994 and against which he preferred appeal to the appellate authority on 24-11-1995. He further states that the appellate authority vide proceedings dt.24-10-1997 reinstated into service and he joined the duty on 22-5-1998. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the persons juniors to petitioner namely, one K. Venkata Rao and 6 others who were appointed on par with the petitioner were promoted to the post of Driver Grade-I by the Regional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C vide orders dt.14-4-1997 and the action of the respondents in not promoting the petitioner to the post of Driver Grade-I is arbitrary and illegal. However, he submitted that the petitioner filed representation on 23-01-2006 seeking consideration of his case for promotion, but till date no orders were passed on the said representation. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents/APSRTC, and having regard to the fact that the representation dated 23-01-2006 made by the petitioner seeking consideration of his case for promotion is pending, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: The respondents are directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 23-01-2006, said to have been made by the petitioner seeking consideration of this case for promotion, expeditiously, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. No costs. _______________ (N.V. RAMANA, J.) Date:05-01-2007. Grk THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition.No.473 of 2007 Dated:05-01-2007