IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD W.P.No.5669 of 2001 Between: While sale Vegetable Merchants Association, New Vegetable Market, St. Joseph’s Convent Junction, Visakhapatnam. ..Petitioner and 1. Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam Rep. By its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam and two others. ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.5669 of 2001 Oral Order: None appears for the petitioner. Heard the learned counsel for the respondents. This writ petition is filed questioning the notification dated 26- 02-2001 issued by the Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation—1st respondent seeking to levy and collect fees for the right to expose one lorry load or part thereof any article loose when packed in gunnies and basket at the rate of Rs.38/- per day and Rs.44/- per day respectively as detailed in Schedule-I as arbitrary and illegal. Counter affidavit has been filed by the 1st respondent stating that shops were allotted to the vendors on the monthly rentals for the purpose of wholesale business and the lorries are usually entered into the city and where they are stand their vehicles they are liable to pay the Asils daily to the Corporation and the said collection of Asils not only in the wholesale market situated at Convent Junction but also other markets in the Corporation. Petitioner—Association having participated in the auction for collection of Asils, failed to get the auction in their favour, as they are the second highest bidder, filed the present writ petition questioning the notification. Further, it was stated that the members of the petitioner—association used to pay the Asils for the lorries, carts etc. to the contractor as well as to the municipal authorities previously and some times the departmental authorities are made collections whenever it is not possible to conduct auctions and when some times the auction was made, the members of the petitioner —association used to pay Asils to the contractors and they never raised any objection for collection of Asils from 1990 onwards. The present writ petition is filed with an evil intention as they failed to get the auction. No reply has been filed contraverting the said facts. Admittedly, the contract of collection of fees is only for a period of one year i.e. from 31-03-2001 to 31-03-2002 and the said period has been expired long back. In view of the same, no cause survives in the writ petition and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. 04-07-2007 Murthy