IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO W.P. No. 18973 OF 2005 Date: 16.09.2005 BETWEEN: N. Kantha Reddy …. PETITIONER Vs. 1. The Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayatraj U Rural Development, A.P. Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and others. …. RESPONDENTS HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION NO. 18973 OF 2005 ORDER: The petitioner is a civil contractor, carrying on the works in the name and style of M/s. K.P. Constructions. The fifth respondent entrusted the work of construction of residential school building for blinds at Gadwal in the year 2001. An agreement was entered on 4.5.2001. According to the petitioner the estimated cost was Rs.18,00,000/- and the Earnest Money Deposit was Rs.27,000/-. After completion of the work the petitioner approached the respondents for refund of Earnest Money Deposit amount, in vain. Therefore, he filed this writ petition after making a representation to the fifth respondent, through a lawyer. The writ petition for refund of money ordinarily is not maintainable. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the fifth respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J.) 16th September, 2005 Js