IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 5872 of 2009 Between: M/s Cultures Fashion Store G-28,29 Siddamsetty Complex Park Lane Secunderabad Represented by its Patner Sangesh Datal S/o.Rajendra Dial R/o.1-10-98/28 Bagumpet Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Rep.by its Special Officer & Commissioner Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad 2 The Additional Commissioner Advertisement Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Tank Bund Road Hyderabad 3 U.S M.Business Systems Private Ltd 1-8-319/2 Patigadda Road Behind Ford Showroom, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing the notices on 12-3-2009 vide proceedings No.245/AD1/Advt/GHMC/2008-09 in serial No.138 under Section 421 R/w Section 622 of the Municipal Corporation Act 1955 treating the name Board/Board frames fixed by the petitioner on the parapet wall of its business place and consequently demanding the fee for the same is illegal arbitrary capricious and in violation of the principles of natural justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondent No.: R.RAMACHANDRA REDDY,SC FOR MCH 1,2,4&6 The Court made the following : O R D E R:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2. The writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondent- Corporation in demanding advertisement fee of Rs.40,063/- from the petitioner on the ground that the name boards fixed by it on parapet walls of the business places are covered by Sections 420 and 421 read with Section 622 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court that the issue involved in this writ petition is not res integra and a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.Nos.4172 of 2003 and batch dated 06.03.2007 has already considered the issue and disposed of the writ petitions giving liberty to the petitioners therein to make representations to the respondents within a period of two weeks and the respondents were directed to consider the representations of the petitioners and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioners. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to make representation to the respondents within a period of two weeks. On such representation being filed, the respondents shall consider it and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioner. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 20th March, 2009 bcj