THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI And THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN Writ Petition No. 19134 of 2008 Dated: 04-09-2008 Between Smt. H Sowbhagyamma W/o. H Rajagopal Reddy, Aged 60 years, Occ; Business R/o. SKD Colony, Adoni, Kurnool Dist. ..Petitioner And 1. The Deputy Transport Commissioner & Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Kurnool District, Kurnool Respondents THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI And THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN Writ Petition No. 19134 of 2008 ORDER ( per the Hon’ble Mrs. Justice T Meena Kumari) : 01. This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the impugned demand notice issued by the respondent vide Memo. No. 01/A4/08, dated 23-7-2008, directing the petitioner to pay a total sum of Rs.2,14,830/- that is a sum of Rs.1,46,670/- towards diﬀerence of tax and a sum of Rs.68,160/- towards penalty for the quarters ending with 30-09-2006 to 30-09-2008 in respect of the vehicle bearing No. AP21/T7893, which is not in existence and quash the same as arbitrary, illegal, violative of principles of natural justice. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent issued the impugned demand notice without any prior show cause notice and as such the same is violative of principles of natural justice and is liable to be set aside. 3. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Transport. 4. Having heard the Government Pleader for Transport, we are of the opinion that it would suﬃce if an opportunity is provided to the petitioner to submit his explanation to the impugned demand notice dated 23-07-2008 treating it as a show cause notice. Further, the petitioner shall submit his explanation, if any, within a period of three weeks from today and the same should be disposed of by the respondent-authority in accordance with law. With the above observations the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________ T. MEENA KUMARI, J ____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN J Dt. 04.9.2008 kvrk THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI And THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN Writ Petition No. 19134 of 2008 (Order of the Division Bench delivered by the Hon’ble Mrs. Justice T Meena Kumari) Dated: 04-09-2008