The Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao Writ Petition No.14966 of 2010 Order: This Writ Petition has been instituted calling in question the legality and validity of showcause notice for reversion issued by respondent No.1- Regional Manager, Kurnool Region of the A.P.State Road Transport Corporation on 18th June, 2010, whereby the writ petitioner was directed to showcause as to why he should not be reverted from the post of Leading Hand to the post of Mechanical Grade-II. Heard Smt.W.V.S.Rajeswari, learned Standing Counsel for the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation representing the respondents. The showcause notice, impugned in this Writ Petition, has traced certain facts indicating as to how there was some confusion in the matter of reckoning the seniority of the petitioner and as to how erroneously he came to be promoted as a Leading Hand. Such disputed questions of fact cannot be addressed to be resolved by this Court at the first instance. Since the impugned order is only a showcause notice issued by respondent No.1- Regional Manager, normally this Court would not exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, until and unless it is demonstrated that the authority, who issued the said showcause notice, lacks power or competence. In the absence of such fatal condition, the normal course that should be adopted by the petitioner was to showcause and invite a finding on merits. The learned Counsel for the writ petitioner, when confronted, realized the difficulty of sustaining this Writ Petition and hence, he solicited direction to respondent No.1, to consider the explanation submitted by the writ petitioner on 29th June, 2010 and pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible within a period of two months. Insofar as this request of the petitioner is concerned, there cannot be no difficulty to accede to the same. Accordingly, the first respondent, is directed to consider the representation, said to have been submitted by the petitioner on 29th June, 2010 to the showcause notice, dated 18th June, 2010, and deal with the same on its merits and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ (Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) 10th August, 2010 LUR