THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.24864, 25253 and 25365 of 2007 Dated 16th June, 2010 Between: P.V. Narasimha Raju and others. …Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Hyderabad, and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri D. Seshasayana Reddy Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, these writ petitions are taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. As these three writ petitions raise common issues, they are taken up for hearing together. The petitioners filed these writ petitions feeling aggrieved by non-consideration of their stay applications by respondent No.1 in the revisions pending before it. This Court on 29.11.2007 granted stay of collection of penalty only. In view of this interim order, the petitioners are stated to have paid the seignorage charges, excluding the penalties. Inasmuch as the revision petitions of the petitioners are stated to be pending before respondent No.1 and in view of the interim order granted by this Court as referred to above, no further adjudication of these writ petitions, on merits, is required. Accordingly, these three Writ Petitions are disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the revision petitions, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law. Till disposal of the revision petitions, the respondents shall not recover the penalty component from the petitioners. As a sequel to disposal of these Writ Petitions, W.P.M.P.No.32398 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.24864 of 2007, W.V.M.P.No.656 of 2008 filed by the respondents in W.P.No.24864 of 2007, W.V.M.P.No.625 of 2008 in W.P.M.P.No.32936 of 2007 filed by the respondents in W.P.No.25253 of 2007 and W.V.M.P.No.661 of 2008 in W.P.M.P.No.33075 of 2007 filed by the respondents in W.P.No.25365 of 2007 are disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 16th June, 2010 GHN