THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.16211 of 1996 Date: 05-02-2007 Between: The Dottappaguda Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., rep. by it’s President Sri K.Ramakrishna Reddy and others Petitioners And The General Manager, the Nalgonda District Cooperative Central Bank, Nalgonda District and another. Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.16211 of 1996 ORDER: 1. The subject matter of this writ petition centers around the question as to whether the premium payable to the crop insurance is liable to be deducted by the respondent bank at the time of disbursal of crop loans to the agricultural farmers or not. The same issue has fallen for consideration before a Division Bench of this court in Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham V. Union of India and others[1] and the Division Bench had answered the same in the aﬃrmative pointing out that the banks are entitled to eﬀect the deductions towards crop insurance premium and pass it on to the insurance company and that there is nothing wrong or illegal about deducting the said amount from the loan sanctioned and disbursed. 2. In view of the judgment rendered by the Division Bench of this court in Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham V. Union of India and others, referred to supra, the writ petition is dismissed, but however, without costs. __________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO,J 05-02-2007 Stp [1] 2002 (2) ALD 486 (DB)