THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.19141 of 2007 DATED: 10.06.2010 Between: K. Satyanarayana Rao .. Petitioner And The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Karimnagar and others. .. Respondents ORDER: This writ petition is filed assailing the action of the respondents in collecting the seignorage charges at enhanced rates, in respect of the works executed by the petitioner. Though the writ petition was admitted way back on 10.09.2007, no counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents so far. Today, when the matter came up for consideration, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the collection of seignorage charges at enhanced rates and not as per the agreement is not proper and if at all the respondents want to collect the enhanced charges, they have to revise the estimates with modified seignorage charges and supplemental agreement to be concluded for recovery of new seignorage charges and, in fact, the Government has issued memo dated 25.01.2008 to this effect, while considering the case of similarly situated contractors in the light of the judgment dated 22.06.2005 passed by this Court in W.P.No.3892 of 2005. He has also placed before this Court copies of the memo dated 03.04.2006 and G.O.Ms.No.77 dated 15.04.2006 issued by the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department and Irrigation and CAD (PW) Department respectively, with regard to seignorage charges, and seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to examine the case of the petitioner in the light of the aforesaid Judgment rendered by this Court and the memos and G.O., as also on par with other similarly situated contractors, for which the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development reported no objection. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the 1st respondent to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the judgment, memos and G.O. referred supra and pass appropriate orders expeditiously. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 10th June, 2010 IBL