IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2472 of 2004 Between: Prakash Arts Moving Media Private Limited, Rep. by its Director Sri M.Sarat Babu, Reg.Office: C-2 Lalitha Avenue, Street No.10, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad -29 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Office of the Commissioner (Advertisement Section), MCH (H.O.) Tankbund, Hyderabad Rep.by its Commissioner. 2 The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Rep.by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director. Musheerabad, Hyderabad -20 3 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (F2)Dept. Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....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 declare the action of the 1st Respondent in issuing the impugned notiﬁcation No.1211/AD3/Advt/MCH/2003 dated 27-01-2004 published in Times of India Newspaper dated 30-01-2004 in so far as it seeks to lease out bus shelters erected by the petitioner for right to display of commercial advertisements as ultra vires the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, arbitrary, illegal, unreasonable oﬀending Article 14 of the Constitution of India, if necessary by declaring G.O.Ms.No.710 MA dated 26-05- 2003 issued by the 3rd Respondent as arbitrary and illegal, oﬀending Article 14 of the Constitution of India, by way of issuance of a writ, order or direction, one more particularly, in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and consequently direct the Respondents not to interfere with the advertising rights of the petitioner on the bus shelters erected by the petitioner and pass such other order or orders as deemed ﬁt and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI D.V.SITARAMAMURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: SRI RAMA RAO GHANTA The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2472 of 2004 ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner, Sri A.Venkataramana, representing Sri D.V.Sitharam Murthy, submits that as the impugned notiﬁcation itself was issued inviting tenders for advertising at bus shelters for a period of one year up to 31.03.2005, no further orders are necessary in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 01.09.2008 vs To 1 The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Office of the Commissioner (Advertisement Section), MCH (H.O.) Tankbund, Hyderabad. 2 The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Musheerabad, Hyderabad -20 3 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (F2)Dept. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ANURADHA}