APHC010289102013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 13317 OF 2013 Between: 1. CHALAMALA SATYANARAYANA ( C NO: 961043 ), S/O DHARMAIAH AGED 42 YEARS, OCC: DRIVER R/O POT NO: 635, INDIRAMMA COLONY KCIUR W G DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. APSTSC, MUSHEERABAD HYDERABAD, REP BY ITS VICE CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR 2. THE REGIONAL MANAGER APSRTC, SWATHAVAHANAGAR VIJYAWADA KRISHNA DISTRICT 3. THE DEPOT MANAGER APSRTC, JANGAREDDY GUDEM W G DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. S M SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. K SRINIVASA PRASAD SC For APSRTC 2. . THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 13317 OF 2013 ORDER: 1. Petitioner is aggrieved by inaction on part of the respondents in providing alternative employment in a suitable post and is challenging the discontinuation of the service of the petitioner as driver. 2. The Petitioner was appointed as contract driver in the year 2010. Thereafter, he was sent for training for a period of one month. The petitioner initially worked at Governpeta Depot from 21.04.2010 and he was subsequently transferred to Jangareddygudem Depot on 19.02.2011. Thereafter, the petitioner was referred to the medical board for medical examination. The medical board found the petitioner unfit for the post of driver on account of colour blindness which was detected in the medical examination. The petitioner subsequently was examined by the Chief Medical Officer of the respondent-Corporation Hospital at Hyderabad and the Chief Medical Officer also opined that the petitioner is unfit for discharging the duty of driver on account of colour blindness. 3. It is submitted that the respondents without issuing any show-cause notice or conducting any enquiry have removed the petitioner. They have not allotted any duties to the petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondent-corporation for continuing his service in any other suitable post by extending the benefit of Section 47 of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. 4. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents Submits that a detailed counter is filed and it is also submitted that the petitioner was engaged as a contract driver in the year 2010 in Krishna Region and subsequently, he was transferred to Jangareddygudem on request of the petitioner. The petitioner was re-engaged at Jangareddygudem on 20.04.2011. After detecting that the petitioner was suffering with partial colour blindness, the Superintendent of Taranaka Hospital conducted a re- examination and has submitted a report that the petitioner is suffering with colour blindness on 28.08.2012. The petitioner was not assigned any role or duty as he would be unfit for the post of driver due to colour blindness. It is also submitted that the petitioner was a contract employee and he was not a regular employee for assigning any duties. The contract was for a specified period of time and after completion of the said time, the petitioner as a matter of right cannot seek employment. It is also submitted that the petitioner is not on duty from the year 2012 onwards. 5. Considering the same, the petitioner is not entitled for the relief of re- employment and no further directions can be passed to the respondents to consider his case was alternative employment. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Date: 03.03.2026 BSK 206 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 13317 OF 2013 Date: 03.03.2026 BSK