THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY And THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE S. ANANDA REDDY W.P. No.22970 OF 2005 DATE: 25-10-2005 Between: M/s. Godrej Saralee Limited, Rep. by its Power of Attorney Holder, Mr. Bhalchandra Shirpad Virkar, 4-105/A, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad. .. Petitioner AND State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and another .. Respondents THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY And THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE S. ANANDA REDDY W.P. No.22970 OF 2005 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy) We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned notice issued by the authority at this stage. It shall always be open to the petitioner to participate in the proceedings and satisfy the authority that it is not liable to pay any value added tax. It is brought to our notice that hearing of the proceedings was scheduled to take place today but the petitioner could not participate in it, since it has chosen to file the present writ petition. In the circumstances, it would be appropriate to direct the petitioner to appear before the respondent tomorrow i.e. 26-10-2005 at 11-00 A.M. and make its submissions in the matter, which shall always duly be taken into consideration by the respondent. With the observations as above, the writ petition shall stand dismissed without expressing any opinion on any of the contentions raised before us. No order as to costs. ___________________________ B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J Date:25-10-2005. ___________________________ S. ANANDA REDDY, J Note: Furnish copy of the order by today. [B/O] PV