IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 818 of 1998 Between: 1 Sri Ch. Venkataratnam, S/o Ramanna, R/o Rajamundary, E.G. District. 2 Ch. Nagamani, W/o Venkataratnam, R/o Rajahmundary, E.G. District. 3 Ch. N.P.R. Kumar, S/o Venkataratnam, R/o Rajahmundary, E.G. District. 4 Ch. Srinivas, S/o Venkataratnam, R/o Rajahmundary, E.G. District. 5 K. Satyanarayana Murthy, S/o Gurraiah, R/o Amalapuram, E.G. District. 6 Gangaraju, S/o Ramakrishna R/o Amalapuram, E.G. District. 7 Ch. Rambabu, S/o Veerabhadra Rao, R/o Mandapeta, E.G. District. 8 A. Satyalingam, S/o Venkateswara Rao, R/o Rajahmundary, E.G. District. 9 K.V. Ramakrishna Rao, S/o Gurraiah, R/o Amalapuram, E.G. District. 10 V. Reddi Naidu, S/o Venkata Rao, R/o Kakinada, E.G. District. 11 R. Brahmana Chowdary, S/o Latchanna, R/o Mandapeta, E.G. District. 12 G. Krishna Murthy, S/o Gani Raju, R/o Mandapeta, E.G.District. 13 P. Brahmaji Rao, S/o Veera Raju, R/o Mandapeta, E.G.District. 14 B. Bhaskar Rao, S/o Ganga Raju, R/o Mandapeta, E.G.District. 15 R. Veera Raju, R/o Mandapeta, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, E.G. District, Kakinada. 2 APSRTC., Rep by Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. ( RR2 is impleaded as per court order Dt: 13.4.98 in WPMP No. 9095/98) .....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, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent herein viz., the secretary, Regional Transport Authority, E.G. District, at Kakinada, in not accepting the tax as prescribed for a town service route as per the permits applied for granted in respect of the petitioners buses under G.O.Ms.No.220 dt:7- 11-96 at Rs.515/- per seat per quarter as prescribed for town service routes as the case my be, demanding payment of prescribed mofussil tax at a higher rate as mala fide, arbitrary illegal and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: None Appeared Counsel for the Respondent No.1: G.P. FOR TRANSPORT Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR. K. HARINATH The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) This petition was notified for hearing on 11.6.2009. As nobody had appeared for the petitioners, in the interest of justice, hearing was adjourned to today. Even today, when the matter was called out for hearing, learned Advocate for the petitioners was not present. In the circumstances, the petition is dismissed for default with no order as to costs. _______________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ _______________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J 12.6.2009 bnr