IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 14678 of 2000 Between: M/s.Lorvan Projects Limited, Rep. by its Director Sri M.S.J.Varma, S/o.Ramaraju, R/o.Krishna Plaza, 1st floor, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Principal Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief, Panchayat Raj Engineering Department, SRTGN Bhavan, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj RWS (Projects), Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj RWS (Projects), Kurnool. .....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 to issue order or orders or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring G.O.Ms.No.301, Panchayt Raj and Rural Development (PROGS-II) Department, dated:13.7.1998 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered by the petitioner for executing the works in panchayat raj department and set aside the same and consequentially declare that the circular Memo.No.T1/19240/98, dt:4.8.98 of the 2nd Respondent and the latest memo of Even number dated:13.4.99 as illegal and arbitrary and direct the respondents to refund the amount of Rs.4.94 lakhs recovered from the petitioner Bills in pursuance of G.O.Ms.No.301, dated:13.7.1998 and the circular Memo of the 2nd Respondent dated:13.4.1999 and to pass such other order or orders in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.L.ALI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: It is represented by the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the Respondents that the matter is squarely covered by the order dated 13-12-2001 passed by this Court in W.P.No.11034 of 2001 and batch. 2. By way of the said order, this Court directed the respondents not to recover any amount under G.O.Ms.No.301 dated 13.7.1998 prior to the date of its coming into force and they were further directed to refund the amount already collected from the Petitioners in that batch as per the said G.O. 3. Accordingly, the present Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the above direction. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ Justice P.V.SANJAY KUMAR Dated 3rd November, 2008. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.14678 OF 2000 Dated 3rd November, 2008