IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No: 15207 of 2000 Between: K.Venkataramana ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The APSRTC rep. by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: C.PRAKASH REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following: ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the proceedings No.L1/876(29)/1999-RM(O) dated 20- 05-2000 issued by the 2nd respondent by which the request of the petitioner for providing employment on compassionate grounds was rejected. The father of the petitioner by name K.Krishna Murthy, who worked as Driver in the respondent- Corporation at Kanigiri Depot, while in service died on 15-02-1998. Thereafter, the mother of the petitioner by name Smt K.Adi Seshamma made a representation on 30-03- 1998 to provide employment to her second son and the same was considered and rejected by the proceedings No.E3/684(4)/98-RM(O) dated 13-04-1999 on the ground that the elder brother of the petitioner by name K.Anjaneyulu was already working as Driver in the respondent-Corporation itself at Kanigiri Depot. Questioning the same, the petitioner ﬁled W.P.No.17647 of 1999 before this Court and in view of the directions issued therein the case of the petitioner was again considered by the respondent-Corporation and rejected his claim by the order impugned. It is the case of the petitioner that while he was 10 years old his elder brother was given in adoption through a Deed to one Balabadra Subbamma, as such, the other brother is already employed in the respondent- Corporation cannot be a ground to reject his claim. It is also the case of the petitioner that his elder brother who was given in adoption to Balabadra Subbamma is not extending any support to their family and is dealing with the adoptive parents. It is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondent-Corporation has ﬁled counter aﬃdavit by referring to some personal records of the father of the petitioner in connection with grant of bus pass but without going through the same properly the case of the petitioner was rejected. A perusal of the counter affidavit makes it clear that while generally denying all the allegations of the petitioner it is categorically stated that after this Court issued directions on 07-09-1999 in W.P.No.17647 of 1999 the respondent-Corporation got conducted an enquiry by the Chief Security Inspector, Ongole, and the enquiry revealed that the elder brother of the petitioner by name K.Anjaneyulu was supporting the family of the petitioners and after perusing the remarks passed by the Selection Committee together with the enquiry report, the claim of the petitioner was rejected. It is not in dispute that the claim of the petitioner is only under the scheme namely breadwinner scheme introduced by the respondent-Corporation. It is also not in dispute that one of the members of the family is in employment and in the said scheme there is no distinction with regard to son and adopted son. As undisputedly the brother of the petitioner, who is already employed in the respondent-Corporation, is also the son of the original employee, the petitioner is not entitled to the relief sought. In any event, the very object of the scheme is to lend support to the members of a family of the sole breadwinner who dies in harness while in service. In that view of the matter, I do not ﬁnd any illegality in the order rejecting the claim of the petitioner for providing an employment. The writ petition is therefore devoid of merits. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 16, 2008 CVRK