IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6580 of 2009 Between: M/s. Vodafone Essar South Limited, 6th Floor, Varun Towers II, Begumpet, Hyderabad-500 016, Rep. by its General Manager (Finance) ..... PETITIONER AND Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Commissioner, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. .....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 issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the issuance of the impugned notice No.G1/539/2009 dated 13.3.2009 by the respondent corporation demanding payable of amount of Rs.27,600/- towards the alleged advertisement fee as arbitrary, illegal, and in violation of the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and in violation of the well settled principles of natural justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.RAMA RAO GHANTA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.J.KANAKAIAH The Court made the following: O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Municipal Corporation. The writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondent- Corporation in demanding the advertisement fee from the petitioner on the ground that the name boards fixed by it on parapet walls of its business places are covered by Sections 420 and 421 read with Section 622 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court that the issue involved in this writ petition is not res integra and a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.Nos.4172 of 2003 and batch dated 06.03.2007 has already considered the issue and disposed of the writ petitions giving liberty to the petitioners therein to make representations to the respondents within a period of two weeks and the respondents were directed to consider the representations of the petitioners and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioners. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the 1st respondent within a period of two weeks. On such representations being filed, the 1st respondent shall consider the same and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioner. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 30.3. 2009 bcj