ORDER :

1. The writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

“to issue a Writ or Order more in the nature of Mandamus in declaring the award dated 09.12.2015 in I.D. No. 12 of 2010 as arbitrary and illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in so far as it relates to denial of back wages, attendant benefits with interest @ 12% p.a. from their due date till realisation only by modifying the same to that extent and consequently to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to pay back wages all other attendant benefits with interest at 12% p.a. from due date till the date of realisation.”

2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that the petitioner joined as driver in APSRTC in 1997 and worked as such up to 10.12.2008. While the petitioner was working in the 1st respondent depot, he was issued charge sheet dated 11.12.2008 alleging that while he was performing his duty on the route Guntur to Amaravathi on 01.12.2008, an auto bearing No. AP-7W-2074 coming in opposite direction dashed the bus driven by the petitioner at about 11.30 P.M. resulting in the death