were appointed after due process of selection of regular employees, their service cannot be terminated unilaterally, as they were appointed after following the procedure for selection of regular employees of APSRTC. When due selection process was followed in selection of the petitioners, though appointed on contract basis, the Depot Manager is having effective control over them. Therefore, they are entitled to claim all the benefits on par with the regular employees. Undisputedly, they are qualified to be appointed as regular conductors or regular drivers as they underwent process of selection as per the rules of the Corporation. Therefore, even to remove such employees who were engaged on contract basis, a regular enquiry has to be conducted. But without conducting such enquiry, their services were terminated. This Court, in W.P.No.2786 of 2012 and batch, had relied on various judgments passed by this Court in W.P.Nos. 8090 of 2010, 6720 of 2011, 17896 of 2011, 1671 of 2012, 23103 of 2011, 1657 of 2012, 1445 of 2012, 3684 of 2012, 32816 of 2011, 2288 of 2012, 2765 of 2012, 4277 of 2011, 4106 of 2011, 26242 of 2010, 2291 of 2012, 2603 of 2012, 2696 of 2012,1445 of 2012, 32830 of 2010 and 22776 of 2011 and held that removal of any employee who is appointed by due process of selection, cannot be done without conducting enquiry. Therefore, a regular enquiry needs to be initiated and on completion of such enquiry, if the petitioners are found guilty of misconduct as per the Regulations referred above, the Corporation can impose appropriate penalty.
