ORDER:

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

“To issue Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in transferring the petitioner by way of punishment, which is punitive in nature and on an anonymous complaint made by a rival union members vide Proc.No.E2/813(01)/2023- IBM dated 13.03.2023, middle of the Academic Year and without there being any disciplinary case against the petitioner a high handed and arbitrary action, contrary to APSRTC Regulations, without jurisdiction, contrary to the circular instructions and as such liable to be set-aside with a consequential direction to the respondents herein to continue the petitioner at Ibrahimpatnam Depot forthwith with all consequential benefits.”

2. Initially, the petitioner was appointed as Driver in the in Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, and due to his medical unfitness, he was provided with alternative employment as Assistant Mechanic in the year 2016 and presently, he is working at Ibrahimpatnam Depot.

3. It is the case that, upon advice of the Depot Dispensary Doctor, the petitioner was on sick leave from 12.01.2023 to 21.01.2023 due t