IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 10072 of 1998 Between: The Kurichedu Dall & Rice Millers Association, Rep. Secretary-Sri G.Tirumala Rao. S/o. Subbarayudu, The Kurishedu Dall & Rice Millers Association, Kurichedu Village and Mandal Prakasam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. Secretary to Government Finance and Planning Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commercial Tax Officer, Podali, Prakasam. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an order or direction, more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the collection of Professional Tax as per the Entry 9 of the I Schedule of the A.P. Tax on Professions, Trades, callings and Employment Act, 1987 as arbitrary, illegal, unjust and unconstitutional being violative of the Articles-14 and 21 and 276 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents and their subordinate authorities not to collect the professional tax from the petitioner Members and pass such other and further order or orders as this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.RAMESH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COMMERCIAL TAX The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No:10072 OF 2008 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) On 10.7.2008, when the matter was taken up, none appeared and there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Today also, none appeared and there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner. But however, the learned Government Pleader submitted that the matter is covered by the Judgment of a Division Bench of this Court reported in “Shaw Wallage & Company Vs. DCTO (AP)[1]”. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari ___________________________ Justice Ramesh Ranganathan Date: 11th July, 2008 Nn. THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 10072 of 1998 (Order delivered by the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T . Meena Kumari) 11.7.2008 [1] 125 ST C 48