HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8081 of 2011 Date: 30.03.2011 Between : Votarikari Gangadhar. …….Petitioner And The Government of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce & others. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8081 of 2011 ORDER : Heard learned counsel for petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Industries, appearing for respondents. This writ petition is filed, seeking directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not releasing the capital investment subsidy of Rs.1,85,500/- in pursuance of the proceedings No.D/101/2010, dated 26.05.2010, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequentially direct the respondents to release the said subsidy amount. Government, in G.O.Ms.No.267, Industries and Commerce, dated 06.10.2007, notified certain incentives and concessions by way of investment subsidy, etc., to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe entrepreneurs for purchase of transport vehicles. The petitioner has purchased a vehicle and when he applied for investment subsidy, said proposals were scrutinized by scrutiny committee and placed before the District Level Committee at District Industries Centre, Adilabad. The District Industries Centre has approved and recommended for investment subsidy. Accordingly, proceedings bearing No.D/101/ 2010, dated 26.05.2010, were issued sanctioning the investment subsidy of Rs.1,85,500/- to the petitioner. When the writ petition came up on 28.03.2011, it was adjourned to enable the learned Government Pleader to obtain instructions. When the matter is taken up today, based on the written instructions sent by the General Manager of District Industries Centre, Adilabad, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader that the investment subsidy of Rs.1,85,500/- was sanctioned to the petitioner, but due to lack of budget, the said amount was not released by the District Industries Centre. It is submitted that proposals were already submitted to the Commissioner of Industries, A.P., Hyderabad, for release of said amount and steps will be taken for release of amount at the earliest. In this case, it is to be noticed that the vehicle was purchased by the petitioner in 2007, and the proposals for investment subsidy were scrutinized by the scrutiny committee and were placed before the District Level Committee, Adilabad, which has approved the same and issued the impugned proceedings as early as on 26.05.2010. Having notified the policy and having approved the sanction, there appears no reason for not releasing the investment subsidy to the petitioner. As the entitlement of petitioner to subsidy and its approval is not in dispute, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to release the investment subsidy to the petitioner as per proceedings, dated 26.05.2010, within a period of two months from today. Subject to above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________________ 30th March 2011 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J ajr