HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2433 of 2010 Dated: 10th February 2010 Between: G.Venkat Reddy. … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayatraj Department & others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2433 of 2010 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not including 1% towards Labour Cess in respect of all the works allotted to the petitioner, and payments made after 26.06.2007 by revising the estimates as per Clause (i) of U.O.Note No.4763/PFS.F8(A1)/98-4, dated 28.02.2008, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents to include 1% towards Labour Cess in all the works entrusted to the petitioner and for all the payments made after 26.06.2007 as per Clause (i) of the aforesaid U.O. Note, and also to release the amounts which were already recovered in this regard. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents that the subject matter of the writ petition is covered to be disposed of in terms of the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.11269 of 2009 and batch, dated 22.10.2009. It is further submitted by the learned Standing Counsel that in the estimates prepared for the works under challenge, the 1% Labour Cess is not included. 3. In that view of the matter, following the aforesaid judgment, this writ petition is disposed of with the following directions: The respondents shall include 1% Cess in the estimates for the works, which they propose to undertake, if the work continues for or beyond twelve months and involves engagement of 10 workers or more; and the respondents shall not deduct any amount towards Cess, unless the corresponding amount is included in the estimates. No order as to costs. ___________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 10th February 2010 MRR