IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No :23246 of 2009 Between: A. Ifrahim, Mahaboobnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Mahaboobnagar Region, Mahaboobnagar District and another. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.23246 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the action of the respondents-Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation in not paying the balance gratuity amount to which the petitioner is entitled for the period from 10.8.1999 to 17.6.2003 i..e, from the date of suspension to the date of reinstatement as ordered by the lower Court by award dated 16.1.2003 in I.D.No.16 of 2001, as arbitrary and illegal. 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 10.8.1999 to 17.6.2003 i.e from the date of suspension till the date of his reinstatement and pay the amounts within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. __________________ Justice G.Rohini Date:29.10.2009 mrb [1] 1998(2)ALT 534