IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17857 of 2000 Between: 1 Hussain Sab, S/o. Masoom Sab, R/o. Paddaamidalapadu Village, Manapadu Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. 2 Md. Khadeer, S/o. Abdul Azeez, R/o. H.No.321-3-21-29, Raja Street, Kollapur Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Rep. by its Managing Director, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional manager, Andhra Prasad State Road Transport Corporation, Mahabubnagaer, Mahabubnagar Diustrict. .....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 issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the claims of petitioners for absorption on par with similarly situated persons who have already approached the Hon'ble High Court by ﬁling W.P.No.4689/99 and Batch, Dated 8-8-2000 by declaring the action of the respondents in not considering their claims for absorption as illegal, arbitrary, vindictive, apart from violation of articles 1`4, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.C.SRINIVASA BABA Counsel for the Respondents : SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI The Court made the following : ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners are seeking directions to consider their claim for absorption into the service of the respondent-Corporation on the ground that they are the displaced employees on account of Nationalization of certain routes in Mahabubnagar District. 2. It is the case of the petitioners that they were employed on the bus bearing No.AP-M-1204, belonging to one M.A.Mujeeb, and that the said bus was stopped running due to Nationalisation of routes by the Government. It is contended by the petitioners that since there is a scheme introduced by the Corporation to provide employment to the displaced persons, they are entitled for the beneﬁt of such appointments in the Corporation. 3. On the other hand, in the counter aﬃdavit ﬁled on behalf of the respondents, it is stated that the bus bearing No.AP-M-1204, belonging to one M.A.Mujeeb, was being plied on the route from Vanaparthi to Uppununthala, but, however, the said route was not Nationalised. 4. The petitioners are relying on the certiﬁcate, dated 27.04.1998, issued by the Labour Oﬃcer, Mahabubnagar. But, a perusal of the said certiﬁcate indicates that only the route operating from Achampet to Vanaparthi is being Nationalised through G.O.Rt.No.123, dated 23.02.1991. When it is the speciﬁc case of the petitioners that they were employed on the bus bearing No.AP-M-1204, being plied on the route from Vanaparthi to Uppununthala, which route was not Nationalized, they are not entitled for the benefit of any appointment. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 29th October 2008 ajr