HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.27198 & 27713 of 2011 WRIT PETITION No.27198 of 2011 Date:15.12.2011 Between: Pidiguramagari Narayana Reddy And 44 others. ..... Petitioners And: The Special Collector, Galeru Nagari Srujala Sravanthi, Kadapa and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri P.Sridhar Reddy Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Land Acquisition AND WRIT PETITION No.27713 2011 Date:15.12.2011 Between: Kake Rajagopal Reddy ..... Petitioner And: The Special Collector, Galeru Nagari Srujala Sravanthi, Kadapa and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri P.Sridhar Reddy Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: These two Writ Petitions are filed assailing the action of the respondents in deducting income tax on the interest payable to the petitioners under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Sri P.Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, while fairly conceding that under Section 145-A (b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the respondents are vested with the power to deduct interest, seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the Writ Petitions with liberty to his clients to avail appropriate legal remedy for challenging the vires of the above-mentioned provision. The request of the learned counsel for the petitioners is accepted and the Writ Petitions are, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prlayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petitions, W.P.M.P.Nos.33585 and 34189 of 2011 filed by the petitioners for interim relief are dismissed as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15thDecember 2011 DR