IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5539 of 2009 Between: A. Ramachandra S/o. A. Kondanna R/o. College Road, Thalupula Village and Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Regional Manager, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Anantapur, Anantapur District. 2 The Personnel Officer, Office of The Regional Manger, APSRTC, Anantapur, Anantapur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MRKARANAMRAVI SANKAR BABU Counsel for the Respondents:SMT.W.V.S.RAJESWARI The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in deleting the name of the petitioner in the panel of selected candidates for the post of Driver. The petitioner is seeking to espouse a vintage cause. On his own showing, in response to employment notification, dated 03.09.1998 issued by Anantapur Region of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, the petitioner applied for the post of Driver. The petitioner’s name was stated to have been included in the provisional selection list subject to the verification of genuineness of the driving license and other certificates. However, on 09.08.1999, the petitioner received a show cause notice from respondent No.2 wherein he was required to submit his explanation regarding the genuineness of the license produced by him. The petitioner kept quiet without giving any reply to the said show cause notice. As a result of the petitioner’s failure to give any explanation, his name was deleted from the panel of selected candidates. After keeping quiet for nearly ten years, the petitioner approached this Court by way of present writ petition. In my considered view, the petitioner is not diligent in pursuing his remedies. He has not submitted his explanation to the show cause notice and having allowed his name to be deleted from the provisional selection list, he slept over the matter for nearly ten years before filing the present writ petition. Therefore, this is a fit case where the doctrine of laches shall be applied and the writ petition is liable to be dismissed on the said ground. (See State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bhailal Bhai [1] , Trilokchand and Motichand v. M.B.Munshi[2], Rabindranath v. Union of India[3], Ashok Kumar Mishra v. Collector, Raipur[4].) The writ petition is accordingly, dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.7237 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 20th APRIL, 2009. kvni [1] AIR 1964 SC 1006 [2] (1969) 1 SCC 110 [3] AIR 1970 SC 470 [4] AIR 1980 SC 112