THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.6882 of 2009 Date : 15-4-2011 Between : M/s.Sainath Constructions, represented by its Managing Partner M.Ravindra Babu .. Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Transport, Roads & Buildings, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri P.Venkata Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.1, 4, 9 to 11 and 13 & 14 : G.P. for Roads & Buildings Counsel for respondent No.2 : G.P. forIrrigation Counsel for respondent Nos.3, 5 and 12 : G.P. for Panchayat Raj Counsel for respondent Nos.6 to 8 : G.P. for Finance & Planning The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief : “….to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in withholding and deducting 0.25% of the gross bill amounts payable to the petitioner by referring to G.O.Ms.No.98, I&CAD Department, dated 5-7- 2000, G.O.Ms.No.61, TR&B Department, dated 11-4-2000 and G.O.Ms.No.159, TR&B Department, dated 30-10-2004 which were set- aside by this Hon’ble Court as illegal and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents not to recover 0.25% of amount from the gross bills payable to the petitioner for the works carried out by the petitioner….” At the hearing, Sri P.Venkata Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is held in favour of the petitioners who filed similar Writ Petitions in W.P.No.23750/2000 and batch and the order dated 19-7-2005 passed in the said batch of cases was confirmed in W.A.No.21175/2005 and batch by a Division Bench in its Judgment dated 21-7-2010. In support of this submission, the learned counsel filed a copy of the said Judgment which confirmed the Judgment dated 19-7-2005. The learned Government Pleader for Transport has not disputed this submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner. In view of the same and following the above Judgments, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms thereof, with the direction that the reasons and the directions contained therein shall form part of this order. __________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY.,J Date : 15-4-2011 AM