THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.9429 of 2009 Dated: 10.09.2009 Between: Asian Paints Limited, rep. by its Constituted Attorney Mr.Chirag Kapadia, Area Manager, vide Power of Attorney Dated 27.03.2009. .. Petitioner. And Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep. by Additional Commissioner (Advertisement), Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. .. Respondent. ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the notice dated 03.03.2009 issued by the respondent Corporation demanding the petitioner to pay advertisement fee. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent Corporation that, in identical circumstances, W.P.No.5825 of 2006 and batch was disposed of by this Court, on 28.09.2006, holding as under: “……to attract the provisions of Section 421 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, the Corporation must satisfy itself first that the provisions are attracted and hence the fee can be levied. This exercise has to be made in individual cases…..” It is also brought to the notice of this Court that following the aforesaid order, several similar writ petitions were disposed of with a direction to the Corporation to consider the cases of the petitioners therein individually and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Since the petitioner herein is also similarly situated, following the above said orders, the impugned demand notice dated 03.03.2009 is set aside and the writ petition is disposed of, at the stage of admission, granting liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the respondent within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If any such representation is made, the Corporation shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 10.09.2009 v v