IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16846 of 2008 Between: 1 B. Srinivas Rao, S/o. B.Masthaniah R/o. Pitlurivari Pallem Village, Narasaraopet Mandal, Guntur District. 2 B. Sivaramakrishna S/o. B.Navanita Naidu R/o. Chanchikhanpet, Edlapadu Mandal, Guntur district. 3 V.Ramesh Babu S/o. Ramarao Nadendla Village (M), Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Director of Works Accounts, A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Pay and Accounts Officer, Works and Projects, Guntur. 3. The Assistant pay and Accounts Officer N.S.P., Lingamguntla, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 4. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Department, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 5. The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 6. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Department, Guntur. 7. The Executive Engineer, Roads& Buildings, Guntur. 8. The Executive Engineer, Social Welfare, Guntur. 9. The Executive Engineer, R.W.S. & S, Panchayat Raj, Narasaraopet, Guntur district. .....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 by declaring the action of the Respondents in deducting the amount towards labour cess @ 1% from the bills payable to the Petitioner as abstracted in the G.O.Ms.No. 42, Dated: 30.4.2007 as arbitrary, illegal, unauthorized and unconstitutional and in violation direct the respondents to pay the amounts to the @ 1% from the bills payable to the petitioners and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.V.V.LAKSHMI NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LABOUR GP for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in deducting the amounts towards Labour Cess @ 1% from the bills payable to the petitioners as abstracted in G.O.Ms.No.42 dated 30.4.2007 as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to pay the amounts to the petitioners without deducting the amounts towards Labour Cess @ 1% from the bills payable to them. When the matter is taken up for admission today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners and admitted to by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Finance and Planning appearing for the respondents that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the orders of this Court passed in W.P.No.4587 of 2008 and batch dated 15.7.2008, wherein this Court considered similar issue and disposed of the said writ petitions. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of on the same terms. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.5.8.2008 msv Note: Office to annex copy of order in W.P.Nos.4587 of 2008 and batch dated 15.7.2008 to this order. ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Director of Works Accounts, A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Pay and Accounts Officer, Works and Projects, Guntur. 3. The Assistant pay and Accounts Officer N.S.P., Lingamguntla, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 4. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Department, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 5. The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 6. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Department, Guntur. 7. The Executive Engineer, Roads& Buildings, Guntur. 8. The Executive Engineer, Social Welfare, Guntur. 9. The Executive Engineer, R.W.S. & S, Panchayat Raj, Narasaraopet, Guntur district. 10. 2CCs to GP for Labour, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. 11. 2 CCs to GP for Finance & Planning, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. 12 2CD copies