The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.12569 of 2010 Dated 4th June, 2010 Between: ESGI Industries …Petitioner And Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore and 2 others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Mr.T.Satyanarayana Counsel for the respondents: ----- The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in increasing the licence fees from Rs.6,300/- to Rs.18,502/-, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri T.Satyanarayana, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record. In his affidavit, the petitioner pleaded that it is running an industrial unit ancillary to respondent No.1 and that for occupation of the premises belonging to respondent No.1, it has been paying licence fees from time to time and that on 25-03-2010, the Senior Manager of respondent No.1 revised the licence fees from Rs.6,300/- to Rs.18,502/- with effect from 01-04-2009 and asked the petitioner to pay the arrears on or before 31st March, 2010. The petitioner pleaded that the abnormal increase of licence fees is illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Counsel for the petitioner reiterated the pleas raised in the Writ Petition. In my opinion, this Writ Petition is without any substance. Admittedly, the premises, in which the petitioner is permitted to run its unit, belongs to respondent No.1. For allowing the petitioner to run its unit, respondent No.1 is stated to be collecting rent in the form of licence fees from time to time. Though respondent No.1 is a Government of India undertaking, the relationship between the petitioner and respondent No.1 is purely contractual in nature. It is not the pleaded case of the petitioner that the said contract is statutory in nature. If the petitioner is not willing to pay the enhanced licence fees, he has a choice to vacate the premises. In this view of the matter, the petitioner is not entitled to invoke the public law remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.15824 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 4th June, 2010 lur