HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.12704 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner herein is working as Conductor with the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation. It is not in dispute that he was placed under suspension and he was removed from service by order dated 16.06.1981. However, W.P.No.7371 of 1983 filed by the petitioner before this Court was allowed by order dated 02.11.1983 thereby setting aside the order of removal dated 16.06.1981 and directing the Corporation to reinstate the petitioner into service with continuity of service, but without back wages. Pursuant thereto, the petitioner was reinstated and he had retired from service on 28.02.2009 on attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner claims that in view of the order of this Court in W.P.No.7371 of 1983, he is entitled for the retirement benefits taking into consideration the service from the date of removal till reinstatement. However, the Corporation had erroneously withheld the said amounts in spite of the repeated requests made by the petitioner. Aggrieved by the said action, the present writ petition is field. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset, relied upon a decision of this Court in M.Rama Rao v. Assistant Traffic Manager, APSRTC, Central Bus Station, Hyderabad and another[1] and submitted that having regard to the ratio laid down in the said decision, the impugned action of the respondents cannot be justified. The petitioner therein was also similarly situated and this Court, after hearing both the parties, disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the Corporation to compute the gratuity payable to the petitioner therein taking into consideration out of employment period into account and after so computing to pay the balance of gratuity to the petitioner therein. Since admittedly, the petitioner herein is also similarly situated, following the above order, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to compute the gratuity and other benefits payable to the petitioner taking into consideration the service of the petitioner from the date of initial appointment to date of reinstatement i.e. 1977 to 05.12.1983 and pay the amounts within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 07-08-2009 KLP [1] 1998(2)ALT 534