\ p*'\GHqouRr."\.-St,T5.t:d,:5SkS-9,[\iATHYDERABAD THURSDAY ,THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO PRESENT THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI 1 1979. 12059 12234 12238 't2259 12410 12506 1278s 13069 13689 13873 13951 14581 15247 17816 18772 19243. 19339. 1957 5. 20'.122 & 20752 of2009:669. 1361, Between: 1. Ir//s. Obul Reddy Constructrons rep. by its Partner, V. tt/allikarjuna Reddy, S/o. Obul Reddy Contractor Office at HIG 88, APHB Colony, Guntur. 2. M/s. Sri Saikrishna Constructions rep. by its Partner, Kota Anjaneyulu, S/o. Hanumantha Rao Contractor Fyo. H.NO.12-17-2318, Prakash Nagar, Narasaraopet, Guntur Distrrct. 3. B. Rajendra Prasad, S/o. Gopichandra Rao Contractor FI/o. H.No. 4-5-25173- B, Vidya Nagar. Guntur 4. G. Venkateswara Reddy, Slo. Venkat Reddy Contractor R/o. Plot NO.299, Udyoganagar. Gunlur- 6. 5. tril/s. PRK Varma rep by P. Ravikrishnal Varma, S/o- P.S. Gajapalhi Raju Contractor D.No.24-82-4l1, Sanatnagar, Gajuvaka, Visakhapatnam. 6. M/s.Mahaveer Conslructions rep. by its Partner, M. Markonda Reddy, S/o. Venkat Reddy Contractor R/o. HIG 88, APHB Colony, Guntur. 7. Ch. Sudhakar, S/o. Seshagiri Rao Contractol. Fi"/o. D.No.9-224, SVN Colony Extn. Tarakarama Nagar, Guntur-6. B. M/s. Padmasri Constructions rep. by itF Partner, A. Janardhana Rao, S/o. Kotaiah Contractor RJo. H.No.9-2-30, Panchayat Office Road, Sattenapalli, Guntur District. 9. K. Venkata Subba Rao, S/o. Ammaiah Contractor Fl/o. Narayanapuram, Dachepally, Guntur Dislnct. 10. Ch. Venkata Rao, S/o. Kotaiah Contractor R/o. T-4l4, lshwarya Towers, Kotilingam Street, Sitaramapuram, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 11. M. Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Krishna tr4urthy Contractor Rl/o. D.No.11-97, 5th Lane, Annapurna Nagar, Guntur-34. 12. B. Sreeramulu, S/o. Ramaiah Contractor Rio. H.No. 6-7-360, Sivarama Nagar. Nalgonda-508 00 1 . WRIT PETITION Nos.7873. 9288. 9738. 9765. 10211. 10478, 10916. 11127, 11146. 11195. 11553. 11686. 11837. 3718 &'12344 ol 2O1O:. 12'104 of 20'l'l WP NO: 7873 OF 2009 ) '13. M/s. J.N Construc ions rep. by its Partner, V, Janakiramr.rl r, I:/o Narayana Conlractor R/o. H.l lo.4-10-32lS, O.V.K Road, Nalgondzr-S(r8 (()1. 14.f. Rami Reddy, lS/o. Venkata Reddy Contractor lVo l\laray. napuram, QacJppally, Gunlu Djstrid-- - -- 15. T. Sarabaiah, S/o Dsvanna Contractor Srinivasa Na11ar, lJ;rrrdya . Kurnool District. 16.G. Mallikarluna & o, Slo. Ranga Rao Contractor Sarala ll g:rr. lpp. Jtt/lJ College, Tenali, Gi riturBisttibt. 1 7 M/s. Greentops E p. by. its .Partner M. Satish Babu, S/c . S atyz, narayana Contractor Rfu.-tm tS.57:€:T0;NAft Postal Colony, Patermzt: . \/iiayi rwada-10, Krishna District. 18.Y.V. Ramana Ree ry, S/o. S_e,sha Reddy Conlractor AlluriSrat Allur Mandal, Nellore Di5tiidt. . 19. G. Rayappa, S.e;{ $efiaoConlraclor 1st Lane, Kobol pet, ( ittrrlur. 20.M. Suresh .B&! :56: :,iar&akrishnaiah Contractor FU,r. Chcukicherla, Vadavalur MaRdal, Nefrsr€,Distiic{. AND Petition under Art circumstances stated in pleased to issue a writ; Writ of lvlandamus decla dated 03.03.2009 of tl Secunderabad r/w. Sec-4 1. The General Maaa }errSeuth€entral Railways. Rail Bhavar S;e,--unr jerabad. 2. The Chief Engin-ee (WoTks), Soulh Central Railways. Rirrl []l'avan, Secunderabad. 3. The Divisionat naf utryUiriager (Works), South (lcntral Rail,rrtyr;, Guntur Division, Rail Vka! Bhavan, Pattabhipuram. Guntur 4. The Addl. Divisbni l"Railway Manager (Works), South Centrr,l Rr,rrlwirys, Guntur Division, Rr il Vikas Bhavan, Patlabhipurarn. Guntur 5. The Senior Divisiot al Finance Manager, South oernlrzrl Railrv l,rs Gt nlur Division, Rail Vika: Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntrrr 6. The Senior Divisiol dt Eirgiqeer (Co-ordination), Soulh Cenlr;l R.'rilw;rys, Guntur Division, Rt il Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipurzrm, Guntur 7. The Divisinnal Eng rEer (!.lorth), South Central Railways. Gurrlur Div sion, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Fatl Shipuram, Guntur. B. The Divisional Eng leer (We9t), South Central Railways Gultrrr Division, Rail Vikas Elhavan, Pafl rbhipurard, Guntur. 9. The Commissionel of Labour, Government of Andlrra Pradr:s r l--iyde rabad. It::lPC NDENTS .F.ETI TIONERS :,le 226 ol the Constitution ol lndi-r pr, ) irll tt at in the the affidavit filed therewith. the Hi11t' Oourt may be ,rder or dlr*tio-n more particularly one in the nature of ing the impugned memo bearing l.Jo. \ft114811'9 Vol.lV, e Chief Engineer (Works), Soutn rl,:rrtral lailways, 5 & 10 and Rule. 4,5, 7, I & 10 of fh,: SLrildin,t & Other Construction Workers'Welfare Cess Act, '1996 & Rules, 1998 nradc thereunder as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and against to the principles of natural justice thereby to direct the respondents not to recover the Cess from the outstanding bills of the petitioners. Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circrjrnstanccs sl.lted in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cou( may be pleased to direct the respondents to pay the bills to the petitioners without deductinq the Labour Cess @ 1 oh from the bills payable to the petitioners during the pencicncy of the writ petition before this Hon'ble Court. l.A. NO: 1 OF 2009(WVMP. NO: 3779 OF 2009) Between: 1- The General Manager, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan Secunderabad. 2. The Chief Engineer (Works), South Central Railways. Rail Bh:rvan, Secunderabad. 3. The Divisional Railway Manager (Works), South Centr;rl Railways, Guntur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntur 4. The Addl. Divisional Railway Manager (Works), South Centr:rl Railways, Guntur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntrrr 5. The Senior Divisional Finance Manager, South Central Railr"v:rys. Guntur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhlpuram, Guntur 6. The Senior Divisional Engineer (Co-ordination ), South Central Railways, Guntur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntur 7- The Divisional Engineer (North), South Central Railways. Gunlur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntur. 8. The Divisional Engineer (West), South Central Railways. Guntur Division, Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntur. ...PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS 1. M/s. Obul Reddy Construclions rep. by its Parlner, V tr4allikarjuna Reddy, S/o. Obul Reddy Contractor Office at HIG BB, APHB Colony, Guntur. 2. M/s. Sri Saikrishna Constructions rep. by its Partner. Kota AnJaneyulu, S/o. Hanumantha Rao Contractor R/o. H.NO.12-17-2318, Prakash Nagar, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 3. B. Rajendra Prasad, S/o. Gopichandra Rao Contractor R/o. H No. 4-5- 25173-8, Vidya Nagar, Guntur. 4. G. Venkateswara Reddy, S/o. Venkat Reddy Contractor R/o. Plot NO.2S9, Udyoganagar, Gunlur-6. l.A. NO: 2 OF 2009{WPMP. NO: 10327 OF 2009) AND 5. M/s. PRh Varma rep Raju (.ontractor Visakhapi lnam. 6. N,l/s.Maha;eer Constructions rep. by its.Partner, M Markt,nda Reddy, Slo. Venk rt Reddy Contractor F/o. HIG 8€, APHB Cclony, ,iuntur. 7. Ch. Sudh rkar, S/o. Seshagiri Rao Contractor Ri'o D.No.9-224, SVN Colony Er n. Tarakarama Nagar, GuntUr-6 8. lvl/s- Padr rasri Constructrons rep. by its Partner, A. Janardf-rana Rao, S/b. Kote:rh Contractoi rvo. H.No.g-2-30, Pan,;hayat C ffice Road, Sattenap'J li Guntur ifiitrjct. 9. K. Venk da Subba Rao, S/o- Ammaiah Cronlrirctor Rl/o. Narayanal urarn, Dachepally, Gunlur District. 't O, Gh. Venk rta Rao, S/o. Kotaiah Contractor 'Rb T-#4, lstrwarya Towers, l:otilingam Street, Sitaramapuram, Vij;ryawada, Krishna District. .r. . 11.M. Srinivar a Rao, S/o. Krishna Murthy Contraclor l?o. D.lkr.11-97,sth Lane, Annr puma Nagar, Guntur-34. 12.8. Sreeran ulu, S/o. Ramaiah Contractor FUo, H.Nc,- 3.7.36(,, Sivarama Nagar, Nal londa-508 001 . 1 3. Mis. J.N ( l.onstruclions rep. by its Partner, V. Janakirarnulu, S/s. Nqrayana ( ;ontractor Ryo. H.No.4-1O-32lS, D.V.K. tlced. Na gonda.5o8 001 14. T. Rami Rr ,ldy, 57o Venkata Reddy Contractor R/o Narayanapuram, .Dachepally Guntur District. 15.T. Sarabai rh, S/o. Devanna Kurnool Dis rict. Contractor Srinivasa l{agar Nandyal, 16-G. Mallikarl rra Rao, S/o. Ranga Rao Contractor lj.rrala N;rgar, Opp. JtvlJ Colleg, , Tenali, Guntur District. 17. M/s. Gree rtops rep. by its Parlner M. Siltrsh Be bu,, S/o. Satyanaray. rna Confractor Ryo. H.NO.57-9-10, Nerv Pos{:r1 Colony, Patamata, \ .,ayawada- lO, Krishna District. 18. Y.V. Rama ra Reddy, S/o. Sesha Reddy Contrar;tor Alluripet, Allur Mandal, Nel ore District, 19.G. Rayappa S/o. Raja Rao Contractor 1st Lane, Kollc,l pet, G untur. 2O. M. Suresh E abu, S/o. Radhakrishnaiah Conlractor R/c. Clroukicherla, Vadavalur !v andal, Netlore District, 21.The Commil sioner of Labour, Governmenl of Andhra l)?desll, Hyderabad.( rot a necessary party.) .. t[:i;PC NDENTS Petition under Sec ron 151 CPC praying that in the circurlst;tnces stated in the affidavit filed in suppr rl of the petition, the High Court may lrr 1rlr,:ascd vacate lhe interim orders passe< in W.P.M.P.No. 10327 / 2009 in V/.P. l,,lc. 78,'3.1 2OOg dated 18-4-2009, thereby lismissing the Writ Petition with exem[rli ry cosls. by P. Ravikrishna Varma l'o. P D.No.24-82411 , Sana,in a 3:rr, i. Gajapathi Gajuvaka, .1 Counsel for the Petitioners:SRl. P SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 8: SRl. G. SHANKAR SANGHI, SC FOR RAILWAYS Counsel for the Respondent No. 9: SRl. P' GANGARAMI REDDY, GP FOR LABOUR Between: 1: M/s Kommidr Constructions rep. by its Proprietor, Mr.K.lt/alla Reddy s/o Narasimha Reddy, ontraclor, R/o Door No.70/7, Maheswari Nagar, Street No.8, Habsiguda, Hyderabad 500 007. 2. C.Manohar Reddy s/o Raghurami Reddy,, Contractor, Fyo Flat No.16, Bhavanam izlansion, Opp.RBl Quarters, Yellareddyguda, Hyderabad -500- 073. 3. P.Marreddy s/o Gnani Reddy,, Contractor, Ryo Teru Road, Jammalamadugu, Kadapa District, 4. M/s G.Narsing Rao & Co. rep. by its Proprietor Mr.G.Narsing, Rao s/o Desamanta Rao Contractor, R,o Qr.No.7-26-4312, Railway Quarters, Chaakyapuri, Street No. 5 Opp.Community Hall, Safilguda,HYd. 5. lv1/s RSV Constructions Pvt.Ltd., rep.by tVlr.P.Gangi Reddy,, s/o Reddaiah, Contractorl, Ri/o Door No.2-228, Bala.ii Nagar, Kadapa. 6. M/s Cauvery Constructions, rep. by its Partner [V1r.Y.S.Karni, S/o Krishna Rao, Contractor, Ofice at 201 PBR Estates, Plot No.84, Kamalapuri Folony, Phase-lll, Hyderabad 500 073. 7. N.Ramakrishna S/o Narasirnha,, Contractor, R:to Giri Uma Maaheswari Nivas, Hanuman Nagar. Want l\4ore Corn lr,4iraj Sangvi Road, Miraj 416 41O. 8. K.Chandra Sekhar S/o Punnarah, Contractor, Rl/o Railway Station Road, Singarayakonda, Prakasam District. ..PETITIONERS 'l .-- The General Manager, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan,, Secunderabad 2. The Chief Engineer ( Works South Central Railways,, Rail Bhavan, Secunderabad, 3. The Chief Administrative Officer (Constructions), South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 4. The Chief Engineer ( Construictions) lll South Central, Railways, Secunderabad. 5. The Chief Engineer (Constructions )-ll, South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 6. The FA & CAO (Constructions) South Cenlral Railways,, Secunderabad. AND 5 WP NO: 9288 OF 2009 (l 7. The Divisional F rilway Manager (Works), South Central, Fl:ritway:;, Guntakdl Division, Guntal ,rl, Anantapur Dist. 8. The Senior Divis onal Finance frrlanager, South Central, fl;rilways, Guntakal Division, Guntak rl, Anantapur Dist. 9. The Senior Divis onal Engineer (Co-ordination),Sor,ith, Centtal Raitways, Gunlakal Divisio r Guntakal, Anantapur Districl. 10.The Divisional E rgineer (North), South Central Railways,, (iuntakal,Division, Guntakal, Ananti pur Dislrict. 1't.The Divisional Er gineer (South) South Central Railways,. (irtntakz I Division, Guntakal, Ananti our District. 1 2. The. Divisbnal Er gineel (Central), South Cenlrat Bqib/ays, ,3urtakal Bivision, Guntakal, Ananti pur District. 1 3. The Oeputy Chie Engineer (Constructions);South Central, Railvi€),s, Guntakal. 14.The Deputy Chie Engineer (Constructionspouth Cefiral Flitihuay';, Kadapa. 15. The Deputy Chie Engineer (Constructions)South Central, Flailwayr;, Tirupathi. 16.The Deputy Chie' Engineer-l (Gauge Conversion) South, C,:irtral'f ailways, Titupati 17. The Commissionr . of Labor, Govt. of A.P.FlydEiabeci., ..RI:SF ONDENTS Petition unrjer A lrc)r: 226 of the Constitution of lndia pr:rying that in the circumstances stated i lhe affidavit filed therswith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Wril order or direction, more particularly c,n,) in thr: nature of Writ of lr,4andamus decl ,rir.rg the irnpugned Memo bearing Nc,.\V/148/'/9/ Vol.lV, dated 03.03.2009 of 'rn Chief Engineer (Works), South ()ontral Railways. Secunderabad i'lw Sec. i,5, & 10 ancl Rule 4,5,7,9, & 10 of Th,: Builting & other construction Workers' \A r:lfare Ct:ss Act, 1996 & Rules, 1998 nr; rle the'eunder as illegal, arbitrary, uncon: litutional and against to the principles o{ natrual justice thereby to direct the R€:;pondents not to recover the Cess fn)rrr the outstanding bills of the Petitioner. Petition under Ser tion 151 CPC praying that in the circumstance:i stated in the affidavit filed in supp rrt of lhe petition, the High Court may te prlsass6 to direct lhe respondents to pay he bills to the petitioners without de(irrcting the Labour cess @ 1o/o'from lhe bills payable tc the petitioners during the per rclency of the writ petition before this Hon't le Cour1. l.A. NO: 2 OF 2009(WPll P" NO: 12149 OF 2009) l.A. NO: 1 OF 2009(WVMP. NO: 3563 OF 2009) Between: AND 1 - The General lt4anager, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan,, Secunderabad. 2. The Chief Engrneer ( Works South Central Railways,, Rail Bhavan, Secunderabad. 3. The Chief Admrnistrative Officer (Constructrons), South Central Railways, SecunderabarJ. 4. The Chief Enqineer ( Construictions) ltl South Central, Railways, Secunderabad. 5. The Chief Engineer (Constructions)-ll, South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 6- The FA & CAO (Constructions) South Central Railways,, Secunderabad. 7. The Divisional Railway tvlanager (Works), South Central, Railways, Guntakal Division. Guntakal, Anantapur Dist. 8. The Senior Divisional Finance Manager, South Central, Railways, Guntakal Division. Guntakal, Anantapur Dist. 9. The Senior Divisional Engrneer (Co-ordination),South, Cenlral Railways, Guntakal Division Guntakal, Anantapur District. 10. The Divisional Enqlrneer (North), South Central Railways,, Guntakal Division, Guntak;rl. Anantapur District. 1 1 . The Divisional Enqineer (South) South Central Railways,, Guntakal Division, Guntakal, Anantapur Dislrict. 12. The Divisional Errqinccr (Central), South Central Railways,, Guntakal Division, Guntakal, Anantapur DiStrict. '13. The Deputy Chief Engineer (Constructions),South Central, Railways, Guntakal 1 4.The Deputy Chief Engineer (Constructions)South Central, Railways, Kadapa- 1 5.The Deputy Chief Engineer (Constructions)South Central, Railways, Tirupathi. 'l6.The Deputy Chief Engineer-l (Gauge Conversion) South, Central Railways, Titupali. .,.PETITIONERS 1 . M/s Kommidr Constr r.rctions rep. by its Proprietor, Mr.K.lVlalla Reddy s/o Narasimha Reddy. ontractor, R/o Door No.70/7, Maheswari Nagar, Street No.B, Habsiquda. Hyderabad 500 007. fi 2. C.lr,4anohar I leddy s/o Raghurami Reddy,, Conlrar.k,r, lll/o Flat No.16, Bhavanam lv rnsion, Opp.RBl Quarters, Yellareddygrrd a t'lydt rabad -500- 073. 3. P.Marreddy s/o Gnani Reddy,, .Contractor, Il.io T,rru Road, Jammalarnat Jgu, Kadapa District. 4. M/s G.Narsir J Rao & Co- rep. by its Proprietor Mr.(; Narsin!1, Rao s/o Desamanta lao Conkactor, .o Qr.No.7-26-4112 Flitilwa / Quarters, Chaakyapuri, Street No.S Opp.Community Hall. Safilgu,lit l lYd 5. il//s RSV Co.r 5trqgtions PVt,Ltd., rep.by tulr.P.Gangr Re.'kly., s/,> Reddaiah, Conlractorl, F /e Deor-No.2-228, Balaji Nagar. Kad;rpa 6. t\r/s Cauvery, hnslalctbns, t-ep. by its Partner Mr.Y S l",atni, l/o Krishna Rao, Conlidi lor, OIiCe al 2O1 , PBR Estates, Plol rlc,.B4, Kamalapuri Folony, Phas -lH, +lyderabad 500 073. 7. N.Ramakrisht a Sb. .i,larasirnha,, Contractor. Rl/o Giri tlnta lrlaaheswari Nivas, Hanun an Nagar, Want More Com Miraj {iang"i Roac, fuliraj 416 410. 8. K.Chandra Si khar S/o Punnaiah, Contractor, R/o Raiiruav St;ltion Road, Singarayakon la, Prakasam District. 9. The Commiss oner of Labor, Govt. of A,P. Hyderabird.(n,rl a ne(cssary party) RI:SPONDENTS Petition ur Sectic I 151 ,CPC praying.that in the circtrrnsra r;e.s st:rted in the affidavit filed in support of the ?etitbn, the High Court may br: 1k:ased To vacate the inlerim orders pass :d in'W.P.M.P.No.12149 of 2009 in W t l!() 92 lB of 2009 Datcd:29-4-2009, therel y dismissing the writ petition with e).r1 F i r\i corits Counsel for the Pe{itior ersSRl. B CHINNAPA REDDY Counsel for the Respor dentlrlos. 1 to 16: SRl. GOURI SHANI(/rl? :jAN GHI/SRI N.R AJESHWAR RAO, I iC FOR RAILWAYS Counsel for the Respor dent No. 17: SRl. P. GANGA RAMI REDDY . GP FOR LABOUR WP NO: 9738 OF 2009 Betwee n t\ili s.L4allikarjuna E lgg.Constructions, Flat No.203,, Sard :i rcl;rn Alrarlments, S.R.Nagar,Hyder )Ad-39 r!D.b-y rts Managing partner S.H:,r, r:ttr Ctrowdary . PE TITIONER AND 1. The South Central lailway (SCR), Rep.by its General. [!1ara ],:r, Ra lway Nilayam, Secnnder :bad 2. The Chief Enginee (Works), South Central Railway, Se{rund, ir.r l )ad t) 3. The Financial Adviser & Chief Administrative Officer, South Central Railway, Secunderabad 4, The Dy-Chief Engineer, (Constructions) South Central, Railway, Kadapa City & District 5. The Commissioner of Labour, Government of Andhra, Pradesh, T.Anjaiah Bhavan, RTC X Roads,Hyderabad .RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia prayrnq that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction specially one an the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned Memo No.W.14Bl'119 (vol.lV) dated 3.3.2009 on thefile of Chief Engineer (Works) , South Central Railway, Secunderabad- 2nd respondent and the action of lhe respondenls in unilaterally deducting the 1% Labour Cess from the outstanding bills of the petitioner under the provisions of Building & Othe constructions Workers Welfare Cess Act,.1996 and rules made lhereunder as ilelgal arbitrary, and violative of principles of natrrral justice and consequently direct the respondents not to recover labour cess amounl Petition under Section 't 51 CPC praying that in thc cirr:unrstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may bc pleased to direct the respondents to pay the amounts under the bills payable to the p(rtitionr without dcrlucting the Labour Cess @ 1% pending disposal of WP I.A. NO: 1 OF 2009(WVMP . NO: 3571 OF 2009) Betwee n: 1. The General Manager, South Central Railway Secunderab::rd 2. The Chief Engineer (Works), South Central Railway, Secunderabad 3, The Financial Adviser & Chief Administrative O{ficer. South Central Railway, Secunderabad 4. The Dy.Chief Engineer, (Constructions) South Central, Railway, Kadapa City & District ..PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS AND lr,4/s.lt4allikarjuna Engg.Constructions, Apartments, S.R.Nagar,Hyderabad-38 S.Harinath Chowdary Flat rep.by Sadan partner No 203,, Said its Nilanaqinct 2. The Commissioner of Labour, Government of Andhr:r. Pradesh. T.Anjaiah Bhavan, RTC X Roads,Hyderabad (nol a nec()ssary party.) ...RESPONDENTS l.A. NO: 2 OF 2009(WPMP. NO: 12667 OF 2009) t0 Petition under S {-'ction '151 CPC praying that in the cirounrsran( es stated in the a{fidavit filed in s rpport of the petitioh, the High Court nr:ry be pleased To vacate the interim ord( rs passed in W.P.M.P.No.12667 ot 200! in W.F.No.973B of 2Q09 Dated:1-5-2009, lrereby disrnissing the writ petition vuith exernplary costs. Gounsel fdr ttb Fetitir ner:SRl. L PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel-for the Resp< ndent Nos. 'l to 4:SRl. G SHANKAR SANGHI, :;C FOR R.AILWAYS Counsel for the flesp< rrdent No. 5: GP FOR LABOUR Between: 1. Ml.g. P. Venkale swar Rao, Conkactors, Rep by its Gt),\ Holder Mr. P. Krishlamurlhy, s r. Chenchu Ramaiah, Aged 58 years, ()t,c: Contracotr, Off : Flat No. 102, Srir raya Enclave, Ameepet, Hyderabad - 50o 073. 2. Mis. Sri lvl. Rav'der Reddy, Contractors P!'t. Ltd., Rr:1 b'y its Managing Director, Mr. M. F avrnder Reddy, S/o. Narayana Reddy, ltged 46 J.ears-Occ : Contractor, OfI :' .4-231A, Street No. 7, New Found Land ( c,lony, -{abSigqda, ffi67abad-50O t07. .,. PEI'ITIONERS AND oF 2009 1. The General tr/an ,ger, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavrlr , Secunderabad 2. The Chief Enganer r, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan, S e,cr-rnderabad. 3. The Chief Admina. lrative Of{icer (Constructions), South Cenrrrl Railways, Sedunderabad. 4. The Chief Enginet r (Constructions)-lll, South Central Railwe;ys, Secunderabad. 5. The Chief Enginer '(Constructions)-ll, South Central Raihvavr;, Secunderabad. 6. The FA & CAO (O ,nstructions), South Central Railways, Se<.l,nderabad. 7. The Divisional Raii vay Manager (Works), South Central Railaavs, (iuntakal DiviSioh, Gontakal Anantapur District. 8. TheSenior Divisior al Finance Manager, Soulh Central Railways, Grrnt?rkal Division, Guntakal,,Anantapur District- 9. The Senior Divisior al Engineer (Co-ordination), Soulh Centri I Railwtys, Guntakal Division, .)untakal, Ananlapur Distrlct 10. The Divisional Eng reer (North), South Central Railways. Gurrtakal t,ivi;io;, Guntakal, Anantap rr District. 11. T-he'Divisi,onal Eng reer (South), South Central Railway., Gu Ia\at t)ivision, Guntakal, Anantapr r District. 1l 12.The Divisional Engineer (Central), South Central Railways, Guntakal Division, Guntakal, Anantapur District. 13.The Deputy Chief Engineer (Gauge Conversion). South Central Railways, . Guntakal. 'l4.The Deputy Chief Engineer (Constructions), South Central Railways, Kadapa. 1 5. The Deputy Chief Engineer (Constructions), South Central Railways, Tirupati. 1 6. The Deputy Chief Engineer-l (Gauge Conversion), South Central Railways, Tirupati. 17.The Commissioner of Labour, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Arlicle 226 of the Constilution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, lhe High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ order or direction, more particularly one in thenature of Writ of ltl'landamus declaring the impugned Memo bearing No. W/148/1/9 Vol.lV, dated 03-3-2009 of the Chief Engineer (Works) South Central Railways, Secunderabad r/w Sec. 4,5 & 10 and Rule 4, 5, 7, I & 10 of the Building & Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 & Rules, '1998 made thereunder as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitulional and against to the principles of natural justice therekly to drrect the respodnents not to recover the cess from the outstanding bills of the petitioners Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to pay the bills to the petitioners without deducting the Labour Cess 1% from the bilss payable to the pelitioners during the pendency of the writ petition before this Hon'ble Court. Between: 1. The General Manager, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan, Secunderabad. 2. The Chief Engineer, South Central Railways, Rail Bhavan, Secunderabad 3. The Chief Administrative Officer (Constructions), South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 4. The Chief Engineer (Construclions)-lll, South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 5. The Chief Engineer (Constructions )-ll, South Central Railways, Secunderabad. 6. The FA & CAO (Constructions ), South Central Railways, Secunderabad l.A. NO:2 OF 2009(WPMP. NO: 12698 OF 2009) l.A. NO: 1 OF 2009(WVMP. NO: 3566 OF 2009) ll 7. The Division Guntakal Div 8. The Senior t Division, Gur 9. The Senior E Guntakal Div 1 0. The Division; Divislon, Gur 11.The Divisioni Division, Gur 12,The Division; Division, Gur 1 3. The Deputy t Guntakal- 16. The Deputy Railways, T 14. The Deputy ( .href Engineer (Constructions), South eenkal Railways, Kadapa. 15.The Deputy ( href Engineer (Constructions), South Centlal Railways. Tirupati. I Rai:way [r4anager (Works), Sodh eenlr: rl Railways, ,;ion, Gunt:lkal, Anantapur District. rvisional Finance hrlanager, Ssuth Central Flailwa 7s, Guntakal lakal, Anantapur District. rvisional Engineer'(Co-tidination), South (lentral Railways, r;ion, Guntakal, Anantapur District. I Engineer (North), South Central flailwlys, Gunlakal lakal. Anantapur District. r I ngineer (South), South Central Raii*ave,,rGrin iakal lakal, Anantapur District. r Engineer (CentraD, South Gentral*ar&a3,q, Qtntakal lakal. Ananlapur District. .hief Engineer (Gauge Conversioh)t &u[h/0eslraFFtailways, ( href Engrnr-.er I (Gauge Conversion), SCU$I Cen!-a{ ir.6rati, ,..PE TITIONERS at--swar Rao, Contractors, Rep by fts riPA H,:1der Mr. P- r. s/o. Chr:rrchu Ramaiah, Aged 58 years. Oce Contracotr, l(12, Srinil.iya Enclave, Ameqrpet, Hydembad - 500 073. a.,inder Rccidy. Contractors P\,rt. Ltd., R:,r by i.s Managing 1V1. Ravinder Reddy, S/o. Narayana RedCy, -Agrd 46 years, lrrr, Off : 1-4-2314, Str€et.No. 7, Nsr Found. Land Colony, /,lcrabart 500 007 roner of Labour, Govt. of A.P,, Hyderahm,r,not a necessary AND '1. M/s. P Ven Krishnanrurtf Off . Flat No. 2. M/s. Sri Iv1. t Direclor, Mr. Occ : Contra Habsiguda, l. 3. The Commis party) .,.RESTONDENTS Petition under S rr:tion 151 CPC praying that in the cir(;untstances stated in the affidavit filed in sr gport of the petition, the High QOUd n ray be pleased To vacate the interinr orcle 's passed rn W.P.lr4.P. Ne.12698-of 2g€)g in Wf :No.9765 of 2009 Dated:1-5-2009, hereby dismissing the writ petition with exemplery costs Counsel for the Petitit rers:SRl. B CHINNAPA,REDDY Counsel for the Resp< ,rdent Nos. 1 to-16: SRl. G SHANKAR SltNGHt, SC FOR RAILWAYS lt Counsel for the Respondent No. 17: SRl. P. GANGA RAMI REDDY GP FOR LABOUR WP NO: 1021.1 OF 2009 Between: '1 . A//s. Sivas:ri Constftrclr()n, Rep by its Managing Partner, B. Chandrasekhara Reddy, S/o. Subba Reddy, Aged about 39 years, Contractor, 1-431, A/aruthinagar, Kadapa City & District. 2. C.M. Gopa, S/o Late Subbanaidu, Contractor, R/o. Potaladurthi Village, Yerraguntla l\rlandal, Kadapa District. 3. A. Rajeswara Reddy, S/o. Bali Reddy, Contractor, Rl/o. 3/126, Proddatur, Kadapa District. 4. D. Dastagiri, S/o. Dastagiri, Contractor, R/o. Nehru Street, Allagadda, Kurnool District. 5. M/s. Bhaskara Enlerprises,. Rep by its Managing Prasad, S/o. Bhaskerra Rao. aqed about 47 years, Co East Kalyanpuri Uppal. R R District. 6. D. Ravindra Babu,. S/o Satyanarayana, Contractor, F:/o. 16-101/1, Parashanl Nagar, Uppal, R R Dislrict. 7, M/s. Sai Chernrlana Conslructions Rep by its Managing Partner, K. Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Pullaiah, Conlractor, Rl/o. Penugondanagar, Kadiyam Mandal. East (iodavari District- 8. O. Janardhana Re(ldy. S/o Shankara Reddy, Contractor, r/o- Kolagatla, Sangam Village. Nellorr District. 9. K. Prasad,, S/o [.atc Venkatappaiah, Contractor, rlo. 12-5-59, Vijayapuri Colony, Tarnaka, Ser:urrr jcrabad 10.S. Chenna Rerldy.. S/o Pradyumna Reddy, Contractor, r/o. 1-7-1314, Habsiguda. Hydcrabacl 11.lvl/s. R.R. Constructiorrs, Rep by its lv'lanaging Partner,, N.V. Ramana Reddy, s/o. Subba Reddy. Corrtractor, R:/o- Czech Colony, Yerragadda, Hyderabad. 12-A. Venkata Reddy,, S/o Ramana Reddy, Contractor, Rl/o. Krushe Medows, Srinagar Colony, Hyduratrad 13. M/s. Balaji Builders Rep by its Managing Partner,, N. Kumar S/o. Narsimhulunaidu, Contractor, Rlio. Flat No. 7,8th Cross; Dedna Bank Layout, Bangalore-85 14- M/s. United Transport Rep by its Managing Partner,, R. Venkatram Reddy, S/o. Bal Reddy, Contractor, Rt/o. Shalini Residency, Tamaka, Secunderabad. 15.C. Venkatesh,, S/o.