THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.1958 of 2009 ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the common judgment rendered by this Court in W.P. No. 23354 of 2009 and batch, dated 31.12.2009, which was allowed holding as under: “(a) the advertisement fee levied by the Corporation is in the form of a tax referable to Section 197 of the Act and it could not have been levied without specific authority and in accordance with the prescribed procedure; (b) the notices impugned in the writ petitions do not accord with Sections 169, 633 and other relevant provisions of the Act, and they are accordingly set aside; and (c) the Corporation is entitled to insist on the permissions being obtained for erection and display of advertisements, subject, however, to the exceptions covered by the proviso of sub-section (1) of Section 421 of the Act; and to stipulate fee therefor, commensurate with the service or regulatory activity, and in its discretion to levy tax, under Section 197 (f), duly following the prescribed procedure.” In the circumstances, following the above judgment and for the reasons mentioned therein, this writ petition is also allowed by and in terms of the directions as extracted above. There shall be no order as to costs. N.V.RAMANA, J Dated: 26.07.2010 va