IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16976 OF 2009 Between: Hotel Suprabhat, rep.by its Proprietor M.Krishna Murthy. ......petitioner AND 1. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep.by its Chief Commissioner. 2. The Addl.Commissioner, Hyderabad. 3. USM Business Systems Pvt. Ltd. ......Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sreenivasa Rao Velivela Counsel for the Respondent: The Court made the following:- ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioner questioned the validity of demand notice, dated 17-04-2009, demanding an amount of Rs.10,273/- towards advertisement fee. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents- Corporation submits that this Writ Petition can be disposed of in view of judgment, dated 28.09.2006, passed by this Court in W.P.No.5825 of 2006 and batch, wherein it was held as under: “…..to attract the provisions of Section 421 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, the Corporation must satisfy itself first that the provisions are attracted and hence the fee can be levied. This exercise has to be made in individual cases…….” In view of the above said judgment, the impugned demand notice, dated 17-04-2009, is set aside and the petitioner is permitted to make a representation before the first respondent within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If any such representation is filed, the first respondent shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ (R.Subhash Reddy, J) 18th August, 2009. Ivd/lur