THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24053 of 2002 ORDER: The petitioners are Rice Millers. At various points of time, they have supplied rice to the Food Corporation of India (for short “the Corporation”). According to the terms of the contract, the petitioners are to be paid not only the cost of rice but also the transport charges from their Rice Mills to the Godowns of the Corporation. In fact, all of them were paid the price and transport charges. However, on the assumption that the transport charges were wrongly paid to the petitioners, the Corporation has recovered the amounts from the subsequent bills. The petitioners feel aggrieved by the same. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. There is no denial of the fact that the petitioners are entitled to be paid the transport charges, in addition to cost of the rice supplied by them. As a matter of fact, the respondents have paid that amount. However, deductions were made, of the transport charges from the subsequent bills on the ground that they were wrongly paid. No notice was issued to the petitioners before the deductions were made. Even now, the respondents do not dispute their liability to pay the transport charges. In identical circumstances, this Court allowed W.P.No.23220 of 2002 and directed the Corporation to refund the deducted amount. In this case, though there are seven petitioners, only four of them namely petitioner Nos.1, 2, 3 and 7 are able to furnish the particulars of the amounts deducted by the respondents, which are Rs.46,052/-, Rs.20,145/-, Rs.11,345/- and Rs.15,532/- respectively. As regards others, the particulars are yet to be furnished. Hence, the writ petition is partly allowed, directing that the respondents shall refund Rs.46,052/-, Rs.20,145/-, Rs.11,345/- and Rs.15,532/- in favour of petitioner Nos.1, 2, 3 and 7 respectively, within a period of two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:29.03.2010 kdl