IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22625 of 2008 Between: M/s. Swetha Agencies, rep. by its Partner, Ponnamaneni Gangadhar Rao, S/o. Venkateshwar Rao Registered Officer at H.No. 7-1-761, Mankamma Thota, Karimnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Senior Divisional Manager ( Operations ), Secunderabad Division, South Central Railway, Head Office, Secunderabad. 2 Senior Divisional Manager ( Commercial ), Secunderabad Division, South Central Railway, Head Office, Secunderabad. 3 Senior Divisional Manager ( Operations ), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 4 Senior Divisional Manager ( Commercial ), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring the weighment sheet issued by the respondents herein on 14.10.2008 for 255 undressed Granite blocks belonging to the petitioenr herein loaded in 59 wagons of the respodnents herein on 12.10.2008 at Karimnagar Railway Yards as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and issue a consequential direction to the Respodnents hrein not to give eﬀect to the same and direct the respondents herein to weight the said Granite blocks in the presence of the petitioner herein at static weight bridge at Kakinada. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.RAJAMALLA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.R.S.MURTHY (ADD.CGSC) The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22625 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by M/s. Swetha Agencies, represented by its partner, Ponnamaneni Gangadhar Rao, with a prayer to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the weighment sheet issued by the respondents on 14.10.2008 for 255 undressed granite blocks belonging to the petitioner loaded in 59 wagons of the respondents on 12.10.2008 at Karimnagar Railway Yards as illegal and arbitarary. Ponnamaneni Gangadhar Rao, partner of the petitioner ﬁrm, has sworn to the aﬃdavit ﬁled in support of this writ petition. The petitioner ﬁrm questions weighment sheet issued by the respondents on 14.10.2008. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri J. Ashok Kumar, learned standing counsel for South Central Railways, received notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 4. Learned standing counsel, on instructions, reports that the respondents will consider the request of the petitioner for re-weighment subject to payment of re-weighment charges at the rate of Rs.3,620/- per wagon besides applicable charges. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the request of the petitioner for re-weighment subject to payment of re-weighment charges at the rate of Rs.3,620/- per wagon besides applicable charges. No order as to costs. __________________________ (B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J) 18th October, 2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s costs. (B/o) GHN To 1 Senior Divisional Manager ( Operations ), Secunderabad Division, South Central Railway, Head Office, Secunderabad. 2 Senior Divisional Manager ( Commercial ), Secunderabad Division, South Central Railway, Head Office, Secunderabad. 3 Senior Divisional Manager ( Operations ), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 4 Senior Divisional Manager ( Commercial ), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, Vijayawada. 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI}