IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY , THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WP .NO:18151 of 2011 Between: SMS Pharmaceuticals Limited, Plot No.19-III, Road No.71, Opp: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan High School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500 034, S/o.Late Sri D.Sita Rama Rao, Hyderabad . ..... Petitioners AND 1 Gram Panchayat, Bachupally, Qutbullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District 2 The Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more so a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in issuance of the proceedings demanding the payment of house tax from the Petitioner Company by its notice dated 16-03-2011 for H.No.8-57/1A and H.No.8-57/1B as arbitrary, illegal unlawful and to set-aside the same may pass such other order or orders as the Hon’ble court may be pleased to direct the respondents not to demand payment of the house tax for premises H.No.8-57/1A and H.No.8-57/1B through the impugned demand notice dated 16-03-2011 from the petitioner during the pendency of the above writ petition; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI G.VASANTHA RAYUDU Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri P.Raghavender Reddy S.C. for respondents, the Court made the following: ORDER: “ Sri P.Raghavender Reddy, Standing Counsel for ZPPS/MPPS, takes notice for the respondents and requests four weeks time for filing counter affidavit. Post on 4-08-2011. Pendency of the writ petition does not preclude the respondent-Gram Panchayat from collecting the property tax by enforcing the notice and by duly following the procedure.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The Gram Panchayat, Bachupally, Qutbullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District 2 The Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad ( 1 and 2 by RPAD) 3.One C.C.to Sri G.Vasntha Rayudu Advocate (OPUC) 4.One C.C.to Sri P. Raghavender Reddy Advocate (OPUC) 5.2 spare copies. Bsr HIGH COURT VVSR.J & RR.J DATED 7-07-2011 POST ON 4-08-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 18151 OF 2011 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 8-7-2011 HIGH COURT VVSR.J & RR.J DATED 7-07-2011 POST ON 4-08-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 18151 OF 2011 DIRECTION