THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.1853 of 2010 DATED: 30.08.2010 Between: Margadarsi Marketing Private Limited, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, having their office at 6-3-570, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, rep. by their Manager and Authorised Signatory Sri N.S. Prasad .. Petitioner And The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, rep. by Special Officer and Commissioner and others. .. Respondents ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned counsel for the respondents that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the common judgment rendered by this Court in Rama Devi Multi Specialty Dental Clinic v. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation[1], whereunder similar writ petitions were allowed holding as under: (a) the advertisement fee levied by the Corporation is in the form of a tax referable to Section 197 of the Act and it could not have been levied without specific authority and in accordance with the prescribed procedure; (b) the notices impugned in the writ petitions do not accord with Sections 169, 633 and other relevant provisions of the Act, and they are accordingly set aside; and (c) the Corporation is entitled to insist on the permissions being obtained for erection and display of advertisements, subject, however, to the exceptions covered by the proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 421 of the Act; and to stipulate fee thereof, commensurate with the service or regulatory activity, and in its discretion to levy tax, under Section 197 (f), duly following the prescribed procedure. In the circumstances, following the above judgment, this writ petition is also allowed by and in terms of the directions as extracted above. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 30th August, 2010 IBL [1] 2010 (3) ALT 302