IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.21559 of 1998 Between: Sri Venkateswara Fishermen Co.Op Society, Rep. by Bala Malleswara Rao, S/o Chandraiah, Gummalpadu, Kaikaluru (M), Krishna Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., Rep. by Secretary Irrigation, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Land Revenue Government of A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Machilipatnam, Krishna 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 may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that no water Cess can be levied for the use of water from the Kolleru Lake area by the Bed and Belt Villages. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition with a liberty to question Section 3 of the A.P. Water Tax Act, 1988 (Act 13 of 1997). Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as ‘withdrawn’ granting liberty to the petitioner to question Section 3 of the A.P. Water Tax Act, 1988 (Act 13 of 1997). No order as to costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 21.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Irrigation, Government of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Land Revenue Government of A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Irrigation and Commercial Area Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MUK}