THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 23725 of 2007 Oral order: The petitioner, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), A.P. Circle, represented by its Assistant General Manager (Legal), has filed this writ petition seeking directions to the respondents to extend the benefit of G.O. Ms. No. 67, Energy (Power.II) Department, dated 21.07.1998 and G.O. Ms. No. 114, Finance and Planning (Plg. IT & C) Department, dated 25.05.1999, whereunder certain incentives to the IT industry in respect of power sector, were given. The Chief General Manager (Commercial & HR), APCPDCL, filed counter on behalf of the respondents, and in para 9 it is stated that as per Tarrif Order, the IT industry (CCITI) constituted by Government of Andhra Pradesh fall under HT category-1 only, but CCITI has not recognized BSNL as IT Industry, and therefore, the petitioner cannot be considered for extension of the benefits of the above G.Os. unless it is approved by APERC. Responding to the above stand taken by the respondents in the counter, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had already approached the Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Andhra Pradesh, by way of representation dated 11.02.2008, requesting them to refer the matter to Consultative Committee on IT Industry (CCITI) for recognizing them as IT industry. Since the representation dated 11.02.2008 made by the petitioner to the Government to refer the matter to CCITI for recognizing them as IT industry is pending, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent No.1, namely the Government of Andhra Pradesh, through CCITI shall consider and dispose of the representation dated 11.02.2008 made by the petitioner for extension of the benefit of G.O. Ms. No. 67, Energy (Power.II) Department, dated 21.07.1998 and G.O. Ms. No. 114, Finance and Planning (Plg. IT & C) Department, dated 25.05.1999, and pass appropriate orders thereon, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Based on the orders that may be passed by the CCITI, the petitioner may approach respondent Nos. 1 to 5 for reducing the tariff as per the above G.Os. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 13th February, 2008. KSR