IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 5900 of 2009 Between: Bharti Airtel Limited Reptd. by its Manager - Legal, Sri Venkateshwarulu Gadipudi, Splendid Towers, Opp. Begumpet Police Station, HUDA Road, Begumpet, R/o. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Warangal Municipal Corporation Rep. by its Commissioner Warangal, Warangal Dist. 2 M/s. Mahendra Fashions, Door No.4-9-128, Chowrasta, Hanamkonda - 506 001. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus the action of the respondents in threatening to take coercive steps for removal of the boards erected by the petitioner company at its business place, shops etc. without giving opportunity whatsoever and action of the 1st Respondent in authorizing the 2nd respondent to exercise the statutory power as arbitrary, illegal and ultra virus to the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and in violative of the well settled principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAMA RAO GHANTA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.V.DURGA NAGESWARA RAO The Court made the following : O R D E R:- Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appearing for the 1st respondent. The writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondent- Corporation in demanding advertisement fee of Rs.3,84,673/- from the petitioner on the ground that the name boards fixed by it on parapet walls of the business places are covered by Sections 420 and 421 read with Section 622 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court that the issue involved in this writ petition is not res integra and a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.Nos.4172 of 2003 and batch dated 06.03.2007 has already considered the issue and disposed of the writ petitions giving liberty to the petitioners therein to make representations to the respondents within a period of two weeks and the respondents were directed to consider the representations of the petitioners and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioners. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to make representation to the respondents within a period of two weeks. On such representation being filed, the respondents shall consider it and pass speaking orders on all the contentions raised by the petitioner. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 20th March, 2009 bcj