IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 3295 of 2006 Between: Sk. Khaja S/o. Chand Saheb ..... PETITIONER AND The Station House Officer, Chittamur P.S. Chittamur, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the respondent in not returning the amount to the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary and direct the respondent to return the amount deposited by the petitioner with respondent with interest accured on it, and pass such other or further order or orders as deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.GANGA RAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The Writ Petition is filed aggrieved that the respondent has failed to return the amount of Rs.10,000/- deposited by the petitioner for obtaining interim release of his vehicles involved in a road accident. Eventually, the criminal case resulted in acquittal by the judgment in Crl.A.No.43 of 2002. For the irregularities in the maintenance of the records in respect of the vehicles, the registering authority collected the compounding fee, tax and penalties. Thereafter, the petitioner made an application to the respondent for refund of the amount deposited in view of the directions of this Court in W.P.No. 19844 of 1999. The respondent not having refunded the amount, the petitioner is before this Court. After obtaining instructions from the respondent, the learned Government Pleader for Home states before this Court that the amount deposited by the petitioner was invested in a bank deposit and that the principal amount along with the interest received from the bank on such deposit has now been refunded to the petitioner. Recording the above submission made on behalf of the respondent by the learned G.P. for Home, the Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. GODA RAGHURAM, J DATE: 14.08.2008 CVM