IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25705 of 1998 Between: 1 Thota Suranna S/o Peda Satyanarayana Murthy, Hindu R/o Rajahmundry, East Godavari Dist. 2 K. Ramachandra Reddy S/o Appa Reddy R/o Gangampalem, Gokavaram Mandal East Godavari Dist. 3 Yalla Satyanaraya S/o Venkanna, Hindu R/o Rajahmundry, East Godavari Dist. 4 Indira Priyadarshi Harijana Labour Contract Cooperative Society Limited, Regd.No.P.O.2013 rep. by President S. Elijibeth Rani Velagathodu, East Godavari Dist. 5 Gowthami Harijan Workers Labour Contract Cooperative Society Limited, Regd.No.D.2027 Rep. by President N. Mani Kumar Dulla, Kadiyam (M), East Godavari Dist. .... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary Transport, Roads & Buildings (B.III) Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief Roads & Administration, R&B Department Erramanjil, Hyderabad 3 The Chief Engineer, Buildings, R&B Department Erramanjil, Hyderabad 4 The Superintending Engineer, R & B Circle Kakinada, E.G. Dist. 5 The Executive Engineer R & B Division Rajahmundry, E.G. Dist. .....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, or any other appropriate Writ, declaring the G.O.Ms.No.6, Transport, Roads & Buildings (B.III) Department dt: 12-1-1996 as illegal, arbitrary and irrational and consequently direct the respondents to restore the old procedure of recovering the seigniorage charges from the bills of the petitioners by the respondents and their subordinates in accordance with the G.O.Ms.No.8-10-1993 Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following order: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA W.P.NO. 25705 OF 1998 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the G.O. Ms.No.6 Transport, Roads & Buildings Departments, dated 12-01-1996 as illegal, arbitrary and irrational and consequently to direct the respondents to restore the earlier procedure for recovering the seigniorage charges from the bills of the contractors by the R & B Department in accordance with G.O.Ms. No.205 Tr & B, dated 08-10-1993. It is submitted by the learned Special Government pleader for Transport and admitted to by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the common order passed by this Court in W.P. No.7456 of 1997 and batch, dated 07-10-1998. In the circumstances, following the common order of this Court in W.P. No.7456 of 1997 and batch, dated 07-10-1998, this writ petition is dismissed for the same and similar reasons. No costs. However, it is made clear that the conditions stipulated in G.O. Ms. No.6, dated 12- 01-1996 are applicable only in respect of the contracts for which the agreements are executed on or after 12-01-1996, and the works covered prior to that date shall be processed under G.O. Ms. No.205, dated 08-10-1993. If the petitioner had already drawn his bills pending payment of seigniorage fee, he shall now pay the same within a period of eight weeks from today, if not already paid. If the petitioner failed to comply with the condition, he shall also pay the penalty of five times, if the agreements are concluded and civil works carried out beyond 12-01-1996, within a period of six weeks from today. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J 28-3-2005 TVK To 1 The Secretary,Government of Andhra Pradesh Transport, Roads & Buildings (B.III) Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief Roads & Administration, R&B Department Erramanjil, Hyderabad 3 The Chief Engineer, Buildings, R&B Department Erramanjil, Hyderabad 4 The Superintending Engineer, R & B Circle Kakinada, E.G. Dist. 5 The Executive Engineer R & B Division Rajahmundry, E.G. Dist. 6) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}