IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO Dated this the 24^th day of April, 2026 WRIT PETITION No.12626 of 2008 Between:

Sudheer Kumar .. Petitioner AND The Government of A.P. Labour, Employment, Training and Factories (Lab-I) Department, represented by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and two others.

.. Respondents AND WRIT PETITION No.13216 of 2008 Between:

The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Mehdipatnam Depot, Hyderabad .. Petitioner AND Sudheer Kumar and another.

.. Respondents

COMMON ORDER:

Both Writ Petitions have been filed seeking to quash the Award dated 27.12.2006 in ID No.196 of 2005, passed by the Labour Court-I, Hyderabad.

2. Since the issue involved in both the Writ Petitions is identical, this Court is inclined to dispose of the same by way of a Common Order.

3. Heard Sri Kowturu Pavan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner in W.P.No.12626 of 2008 and learned counsel for respondent No.1 in W.P.No.13216 of 2008.

Sri R. Anurag, learned Standing counsel for TGSRTC/

petitioner in W.P.No.13216 of 2008, and for respondent No.3 in W.P.No.12626 of 2008. Perused the record.

4. For the sake of convenience, the facts stated in