ORDER :

1. Heard Smt. K. Udaya Sri, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Usha Kiran, learned counsel representing the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents’ corporation.

2. The petitioner filed this writ petition to issue an order, direction or writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in retiring the petitioner from service on 28.02.2013 vide proceedings/notification No. 1/693(10)/2012-KRZ, dated 05.09.2012 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Clause 19(1) of APSRTC Employees (Service) Regulations,1964 and consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner till February, 2013 in service while treating the date of birth of the petitioner as 04.02.1959.

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is as follows:

(a) The petitioner passed SSC examination from the Government High School, Karimnagar in the year 1974 and was issued with marks-pass certificate memo wherein his date of birth is shown as 04.02.1959.

(b) The petitioner applied for the post of Conductor and selected for t