IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3959 of 2001 Between: Mohd. Javed Ahmed, S/o.Iqbal Ahmed, Resident of 12-1-881, Asifnagar, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND Assistant Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, West Zone, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not registering the Motor vehicle bearing chassis No.UBE 457550 and with engine No.UBE 338884 by the respondent on the ground that the application for the registration was not accompanied by clearance certificate from commercial tax Department, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the M.V.Act 1988 and rules made thereunder and consequently direct the respondents to register the vehicle as per the provisions of the M.V.Act without insisting the clearance certificate. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CH.RAVINDER Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following O R D E R: This writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondent in insisting for production of clearance certificate from the Commercial Department for the purpose of registering the vehicle. At the stage of admission, this Court, by order dated 08.03.2001, granted interim orders directing the respondent to register the vehicle bearing chassis No.UBE 457550 with Engine NO.UBE 338884 as per the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act without insisting for clearance certificate from the Commercial Tax Department. Though the writ petition is of the year 2001, no counter is filed by the respondent, which empowers for insistence of the clearance certificate. In that view of the matter, the order dated 08.03.2001 shall be treated as final order in the writ petition and the writ petition is accordingly closed. No costs. _______________ 23.06.2005 usd To 1 The Assistant Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, West Zone, Hyderabad. 2 Two CCS to G.P. for Transport, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT). 3 Two CD copies.