IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21224 of 1995 Between: 1 P. Raja Babu S/o Venkata Subbaiah R/o Vijayawada, Krishna Dist. 2 Ch. Venkaiah S/o Appaiah R/o Vijayawada, Krishna Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt. of A.P. rep. by Secretary Transport, Secretariat Buildings, Saifanad, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner, Road Transport Authority, Govt. of A.P. 6th Floor, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad .....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 appropriate writ order or Direction more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents herein in imposing Motor Vehicles Tax on Road Rollers and Road Asphalt Paving Machine as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the provisions of the A.P.Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1963, Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and quash G.O.Ms.No.75 Transport, Roads and Buildings (TR.II) Dept., dt: 27-4-93 in so far as it enables the Respondents to impose tax on the Road Rollers and Road Asphalt Paving Machine. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.SURESH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki): Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not press the writ petition in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed. No order as to costs. _____________________ (BILAL NAZKI, J) 31st August, 2004. _____________________ (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) vrn To 1 The Govt. of A.P. rep. by Secretary Transport, Secretariat Buildings, Saifanad, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner, Road Transport Authority, Govt. of A.P. 6th Floor, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad 3 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for Transport, High Court Buildings,A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4 Two C.D copies