IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V. SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 12300 of 1997 Between: T. Gopal Rao S/o.Srinivasa Rao R/o.Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Deputy Transport Commissioner & Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Krishna District, Vijayawada. 2. Licensing Officer, Regional Transport Authority, Vijayawada. .....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 an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari and call for the records in Demand Notice in Memo.No.62687/A3/96 dated 10-1-97 from the ﬁle of the 2nd respondent, Licencing Oﬃcer, R.T.A., Vijayawada demanding payment of alleged diﬀerence of tax of Rs.40,058/- for Q.E.31- 12-1996 on the petitioner's C.C.Bus No.AP 16T 3637 and quash the same as arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.SIVA RAMA KRISHNAIAH Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V. SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 12300 of 1997 ORDER: ( Per the Honourable Sri Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar) When the matter was taken up, it was represented by both the Counsel that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered in favour of the writ petitioner, by the judgment of a Larger Bench of this Court reported in L. Royal Reddy and others Vs. Govt. of A.P., Transport, Roads & Buildings (Tr.II) Department and others[1]. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is allowed in terms of the above said Judgment. _______________________ Justice T.Meenakumari __________________________ Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar Dated: 8.8.2008 Nn. THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V. SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 12300 of 1997 (Order delivered by the Honourable Sri Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar) 8.8.2008 [1] 2004(2) ALT 210 (L.B)