Sanjay Kumar, J.

The Road Transport Corporations of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are in appeal aggrieved by the common order dated 17.07.2017 passed by a learned Judge of this Court allowing W.P.Nos.16727 and 16833 of 2011. The Depot Manager, Bapatla Depot, Guntur District, and the Regional Manager, Guntur Region, of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) filed W.A.No.1928 of 2017 against the said common order, in so far as it pertains to W.P.No.16727 of 2011, while the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) along with its Regional Manager, Nizamabad Region, and the Depot Manager at its Bheemgal Bus Depot in Nizamabad District, filed W.A.No.174 of 2018 against the very same common order in so far as it relates to W.P.No.16833 of 2011.

2. As the issues arising in both cases are identical, they are taken up for conjoined disposal.

3. Heard Sri P.Durga Prasad, learned standing counsel for the APSRTC, Sri N. Praveen Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri N. Vasudeva Reddy, learned standing counsel for the TSRTC, Sri A.G. Satyanarayana Rao, learned counsel for the respondent in W.A.No.1928 of 2017, viz., the petitioner in W.P.No.16