HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.6715 of 2004 Between: Kakkara Dasaiah Cotton Mills Company Pvt. Ltd., represented by its Director, Chilakaluripeta, Guntur District. …Petitioner And District Registrar-cum-Collector, Visakhapatnam. ….Respondent. :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Sri M. Chandrasekhara Rao Counsel for the respondent : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue. 19th April, 2007 Per G.S. SINGHVI, C.J. In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for striking down first proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (for short, ‘the Act’) and for issue of mandamus to the Appellate Authority constituted under the Act to entertain the appeal under Section 47-A (5) without insisting on pre-deposit of the differential stamp duty. At the hearing, Sri M. Chandrasekhara Rao submitted that he has been instructed to withdraw the writ petition. To this effect, he has also circulated letter dated 2-4-2007. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue says that she does not have any objection. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as withdrawn, WPMP.No.8705 of 2004 filed by the petitioner for interim relief and WVMP.No.3029 of 2004 filed by the respondent for vacating the interim order are disposed of as infructuous and interim order dated 13-4-2004 is vacated. G.S.SINGHVI, C.J. 19th April, 2007 C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J. ARS