s IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14296 of 2009 Between: Polisetty Radha Krishna S/o. P.L. Narasimha Rao R/o. Plot No. 53, 3rd Floor, Nava Nirman Nagar Road No. 71, Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND The 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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not paying the legal fee to the petitioner as Per Final Bills dt.1-1-2009 and 6-6-2009 is arbitrary illegal, and consequently direct the respondent to pay the legal fees to the petitioner as shown in the Final Bills Statements appended to the writ petition . Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.V.JAGGI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : ` THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.14296 of 2009 ORDER: The writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in not paying the legal fee to the petitioner as per the fee bills dated 01.1.2009 and 06.6.2009 is arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner is a practicing advocate. It is not in dispute that the petitioner was appointed on 15.12.2004 as a Standing Counsel for A.P. Municipalities (Telangana Area) and has represented the respondent before this Court as well as the A.P., Administrative Tribunal in several cases until his successor has been appointed in the year 2008. The petitioner states that he was not paid the legal fee to which he is entitled to in number of cases and therefore, he has sent a consolidated fee bills dated 1.4.2008, 1.1.2009 & 1.6.2009 to the respondent through registered post with acknowledgment due. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent has not paid the legal fee even till today and the consolidated bills have been merely kept pending. Hence this writ petition. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent and in view of the undisputed fact that the petitioner was appointed as Standing Counsel for the Municipalities and appeared for the respondent during his tenure, and having perused the material on record, which shows that the petitioner has submitted consolidated bills as long back as on 1.4.2008, 1.1.2009 & 1.6.2009, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to process the said bills submitted by the petitioner dated 1.4.2008, 1.1.2009 & 1.6.2009 and to make the payment to the petitioner in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _______________ Justice G.Rohini Date:17.07.2009 mrb