HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO.27772 OF 1995 Between: Prasad & Company (Project Works) Ltd . . .Petitioner AND Executive Engineer, SRBC Division No.4, Nandyal, SRBC Package VI, and others . . .Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Shri S.Chakrapani for Shri S.R.Ashok Counsel for the respondents : Government Pleader for Irrigation Dated: 28th June, 2006 : ORDER : In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing demand of seigniorage fee raised by the respondents in terms of G.O.Ms.No.238 dated 09.07.1992. Shri S.Chakrapani says that his client may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to avail other remedies. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to this, interim order passed by this Court shall stand automatically vacated and the respondents shall be free to recover the amount of seigniorage fee, which could not be recovered for last eleven years on account of stay order passed by this Court. It will also be open to the competent authority to charge interest on the arrears of seigniorage fee payable by the petitioner. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ Date: 28.06.2006 kvni