WP/33698/2012 of Ch. Venkateswara Rao, Vs The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation,

APHC010452102012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No:33698 OF 2012 Between: Ch.Venkateswara Rao …Petitioner AND A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Chairman-cum-Director, Musheerabad, Bus Bhavan, X-roads, Hyderabad and three others. …Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri G.Tuhin Kumar Counsel for the Respondents: Sri S.Venkateswarlu The Court made the following order: 1. The petitioner is challenging the orders, dated 19.01.2009, passed by the 2nd respondent, to the extent of modifying the orders of termination passed by the 3rd respondent and directing the engagement of the petitioner as a fresh driver. -2- W.P. No.33698 of 2012 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was initially appointed as a contract driver on 03.04.2007. On 24.10.2008, the petitioner received information from his hometown, Guduru, that his wife was suffering from ill health and was admitted in the Government Hospital, Guduru. The petitioner informed his superiors and left to attend his wife. The 3rd respo