IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.9928 of 1995 Between: P.M.Manickam. ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Transport Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Chittoor. .....RESPONDENT The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki and The Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao Writ Petition No.9928 of 1995 Order: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki) None appears for the parties. A demand notice dated 10-01-1995 issued by the respondent-Deputy Transport Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Chittoor, has been challenged in this Writ Petition. The allegations against the petitioner were that his vehicle was being run without payment of tax and without valid records. The tax with penalty was quantified at Rs.30,365/-. The only explanation given by the petitioner before the respondent-authority was that the vehicle had been stopped from 12-11-1993 to 15-09-1994 for attending to the major repairs in the workshop. While entertaining this Writ Petition on 16-05-1995, this Court passed an interim order granting interim suspension of the impugned order on payment of 1/3rd of the demanded amount. Since no prior information in writing as required under the A.P.Motor Vehicles Taxation Rules, 1963, was given to the concerned authorities about the stoppage of vehicle, we do not find any illegality in the impugned order. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. __________________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) 1st May, 2007 ____________________________ (Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) lur