A. Sammaiah Vs Telangana State Road Transport… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

A. Sammaiah Vs Telangana State Road Transport… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

None. The writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn at the petitioner's request, with no order as to costs; miscellaneous applications, if any pending, were directed to stand closed. No relief on the removal order was granted or adjudicated.

Issue for consideration

Whether the removal of the petitioner from service by the 4th respondent's proceedings No. P21474(11)/2015-HZBD dated 29-9-2016 (together with the 2nd respondent's proceedings dated 9-8-2018) was illegal, arbitrary and violative of the principles of natural justice, entitling him to reinstatement with continuity of service and full back wages. (Stated in the prayer; not adjudicated, as the petition was withdrawn.)

Ratio / Principle

On the learned counsel for the petitioner seeking leave to withdraw the writ petition, and the said submission being brought on record, the Court dismissed the Writ Petition as withdrawn, with no order as to costs.

Key takeaways

The miscellaneous applications, if any pending, were directed to stand closed (word 'closed' partially OCR-damaged as '! ctosed' in source).ratio¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 8476 of 2021, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Special Original Jurisdiction), Hon'ble Mrs Justice Surepalli Nanda, decided 11-09-2025. A. Sammaiah, Ex-Dy Sup (F), Huzurabad Depot, TSRTC, filed a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the 4th respondent's (Dy. Chief Traffic Manager, Karimnagar Region) proceedings No. P21474(11)/2015-HZBD dated 29-9-2016 removing him from service illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice, and to set aside the same together with the 2nd respondent's (Executive Director (Engineering), TSRTC) proceedings dated 9-8-2018, with reinstatement, continuity of service and attendant benefits including full back wages; an application under Section 151 CPC sought interim reinstatement by suspension of the removal proceedings. Before any adjudication, the petitioner's counsel Sri P. Govinda Rajulu sought leave to withdraw the petition; the Court dismissed the Writ Petition as withdrawn with no order as to costs and directed that miscellaneous applications, if any pending, stand closed. No substantive finding was recorded on the legality of the removal order; no precedent was cited or considered.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWOTHOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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THE HONOURAiTLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA

WRIT PETITION NO: a4760F 2021

Between:

A. Sammaiah, S/o Sammaiah, aged about 52^years, E 342478, Ex- Dy sup (F), Huzurabad Depot. TSRTC, Huzurabad, Karimnagar dis,. ...r=r,r,Oa

AND

Telangana State Road Tra by its ng Director, TSRTC, Msheerabad, Bus ngana

The Executive Director, (Engineering) TSRTC, Bus havan, Musheerabad Hyderabad.

The Regional Manger, TSRTC, Karimnagar.

The Dy. Chief Traffic Manager, Karimnagar Region, Karimnagar, Karimnagar Dist' '

...RE'P.NDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia^praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issued a Writ, order or directions more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the^proceedings of the 4th respondenl No.^{P21474(1112015-} HZBD, dt 29-9-2016 in removing the services of the^petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violation of^principles of natural^justice and contrary to facts and circumstances of the case and the same is liable to be set-aside^including proceedings of the 2nd respondent dt. 9-8-2018 with all consequential benefits, including reinstatement with continuity of service with all attendant benefits including full back wages.

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Petition under Section 151 CPC^praying that in the circumstances statedⁱⁿ the affidavit filed in support of the^petition, the High Court may be^pleasedto

direct the 2nd respondent to reinstate the petitioner into service.by suspending the proceedingls of the 4th respondent dated 29-9-2016.

Counsel for thre Petitioner: SRI P.GOVINDA RAJULU Counsel for ttre Respondents: SRI A.RAVI BABU, SC FOR TSRTC

The Court marCe the following: ORDER

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HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA

ORDER:

Sri P.Govinda Rajulu, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner seeks leave of this Court for withdrawal of the present writ petition.

Considering thc said submission made by the learned counsel on record appearing on behalf of the petitioner and duly bringing the said submission on record, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs.

The miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand ! ctosed. SD,. ASSISTANT ,/TRUE^COPY'/ SECTION^OFFICER To uRtffi8^Etss+Ytr8 i ?ffi^{EE E#.Eivr} PSK. TKS htq.

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HIGH COIJRT

DATED il'110912025

ORDER

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DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION AS WITHDRAWN WITHOUT COSTS

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