IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3550 of 2011 Between: G. Srihari Raju ..... Petitioner AND Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Dept., Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri N. Siva Reddy Counsel for respondents 1, 3-6: AGP for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3550 of 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not including the component of Labour Cess at 1% in respect of all the works allotted to the petitioner by the respondents 3 to 6 herein and recovering the Labour Cess @ 1% from the bills of the petitioner without revising the estimates in terms of the U.O. Note No.4763/PFS.F8(A1)/98-A, dated 28.02.2008 of the 2nd respondent as arbitrary, illegal and discriminatory and consequently direct the respondents to include the component of Labour Cess at 1% in all the works entrusted to the petitioner by revising those estimates in terms of U.O. Note No. 4763/PFS.F8(A1)/98-A, dated 28.02.2008 and pay the bills to the petitioner forthwith.” At the hearing, it is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner and not disputed by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 3 to 6 that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by order dated 22.10.2009 in Writ Petition No.11269 of 2009 and batch. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the said order. The reasons and directions contained therein shall form part of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.4403 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.02.2011 ES