IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 8222 of 1997 Between: A. Sudhakar Reddy S/o. Venkata Subbareddy H.No. 27-1-1111, Near Swamy Dasa Convent, Balajeenagar, Nellore, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Cuddapah. 2 The Executive Enginer, Buggavanka Project, Irrigation Division, Cuddapah. 3 Pay and Accounts Officer, (Project Accounts Officer) Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. 4 The Executive Engineer, A.P.S.R.T.C. Nellore. 5 The Executive Engineer (R&B), Gudur, Nellore District. 6 The Superintending Engineer (R&B) Circle, Nellore District. ....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to deduct tax at source at the rate of 1% on the material component involved in the contracts covered by Agreement No.46 SE/96-97 dated 29--8--1996, L.S.Agreement No. 117/94-95 dated July, 1994 and Agreement No. 21/CCEI/94-95 dated 28--12--1994 entered into by the petitioner with Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Cuddapah; Superintending Engineer (R&B) Nellore Circle, Nellore and Chief Civil Enginer, APSRTC, respectively and not to deduct tax at source in respect of items relating to excavation of earth involved in the contracts relating to the above agreements and pass such other order or orders are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY (not present) Counsel for the Respondents: (SC FOR A.P.S.R.T.C.) The Court made the following : O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice B.Prakash Rao): This matter had come up earlier on 07-03-2008. On that day, there was no representation and it was posted to today. Even today also none appears for the petitioner. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed for non-appearance and non-prosecution. No order as to costs. __________________ B.Prakash Rao, J Dated 4th April, 2008 __________________ C.Y.Somayajulu,J vrn ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Cuddapah. 2 The Executive Enginer, Buggavanka Project, Irrigation Division, Cuddapah. 3 Pay and Accounts Officer, (Project Accounts Officer) Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. 4 The Executive Engineer, A.P.S.R.T.C. Nellore. 5 The Executive Engineer (R&B), Gudur, Nellore District. 6 The Superintending Engineer (R&B) Circle, Nellore District. 7 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SAM}