IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 26744 of 1999 Between: ..... PETITIONER AND .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for Respondents : MR.PRABHU NATH VASIREDDY FOR R The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled challenging the enhancement of licence fee under Rule 10 of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (for short ‘the Rules’), by way of Notiﬁcation dated 20.05.1999, whereby the licence fee was increased from Rs.20/- to Rs.500/-per insecticide and the maximum licence fee payable was increased from Rs.300/- to 7,500/-. The learned counsel for the petitioner brought it to my notice that a batch of identical writ petitions was allowed by a learned Judge of this Court by order dated 26.10.2007 in W.P.Nos.2261 of 2000 and batch and placed a copy of the said order before me. On a perusal of the said judgment, it is found that the learned Judge allowed W.P.Nos.2261 of 2000 and batch, setting aside the enhancement of licence fee eﬀected by way of an amendment to sub-rule 2 of Rule 10 of the Rules by way of Notification dated 20.05.1999, and directed that the respondents should adhere to Section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968, so that the dealers are given an opportunity before an amendment is eﬀected to the Rules with regard to enhancement of licence fee. The issues raised in the present writ petition, being identical to those considered by the learned Judge in W.P.No.2261 of 2000 and batch, are squarely covered by the findings recorded in the said judgment Accordingly, the writ Petition is allowed in terms of the judgment dated 26.10.2007 in W.P.Nos.2261 of 2000 and batch. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J Date:20.10.2008 sj ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }