HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10104 of 2011 Date: April 15, 2011 Between: P.C.Balappa … Petitioner And 1. The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Kurnool Region, Kurnool, & another. … Respondents This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10104 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings No.E1/255(13/2006-NDL, dated 30.08.2006, of the Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Nandyal Depot, Nandyal- 2nd respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to re-engage the petitioner as Driver in the Corporation by extending all the benefits on par with similar drivers. 2. The writ petitioner has been appointed in the year 2006 as a Driver on Contract basis in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short ‘the Corporation’). He was attending the duties assigned by the Depot Manager at Nandyal Depot, ever since his appointment. Due to jaundice and malarial fever besides the ill health of his wife, who died subsequently on 11.09.2007, the petitioner was absent to duty from 29.06.2006 to 30.08.2006 and sent an intimation to the on duty collector. While the petitioner was undergoing treatment, the 2nd respondent terminated his services vide proceedings, dated 30.08.2006. After recovering from ill health, he approached the 2nd respondent for allotment of duties, however he was informed that his services were terminated. Hence, the writ petition. 3. In the similar facts and circumstances, this Court by order, dated 22.02.2011, in W.P.No.4087 of 2011, disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to re-engage the petitioner therein as Contract Driver; that the petitioner therein shall not be entitled for any benefits from the date of his absence till the date of re- engagement, except counting the service rendered by him during that period for any benefit; and that he should be notionally treated to have continued in service. 4. Following the same, this Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU, J April 15, 2011. LMV