HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 3712 OF 2001 Between: Sanjeevaiah Harijan Fishermen Cooperative Society Ltd., Siddapuram, Akiveedu Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep., by its President Chigurupati Abraham, S/o. Prakasam, 40 years, R/o. Fishing, Siddapuram, Adiveedu (M), W.G District and two others …Petitioners AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Secretary, Irrigation Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others ...Respondents : O R D E R : Counsel for the petitioner : Shri C. Rama Chandra Reddy Counsel for the respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation August 3, 2007 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioners have prayed for issue of a direction to the respondents not to levy water charges under the Andhra Pradesh Water Tax Act, 1988 in respect of the land comprised in Revenue Survey Nos. 394/2 to 9, 395/2 to 15, 400/1, 2, 401/1 to 11, 402/1 to 10, 403/1 to 13, 399, 404, 405, 397, 398 and 398/1 to 6 of Siddapuram Village, Akiveedu Mandal, West Godavari District.. Learned counsel for the petitioners says that he has been instructed to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as withdrawn, interim order passed by this Court shall stand vacated. Now, the respondents shall not only be entitled to, but must recover the amount of water charges, which could not be recovered due to stay granted by this Court. They shall also be entitled to recover interest at an appropriate rate. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J August 3, 2007 ks