IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8127 of 1993 Between: M/s. Madras Cements Limited, Hyderabad Rep. by its President- R.Natarajan. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Govt. of A.P. 2 The Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 The Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 4 The Director of Industries, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 call for the records on the file of the first respondent and issue a writ of Certiorari filed Mandamus or other appropriate Writ order or direction under Article 226 of the Constitution quashing the Notification granting exemption to mini-cement plants or direct the 1st respondent to extend the said concessional rate of tax to the sales effected by all cement units like the petitioners so as to ensure uniform and non- discriminatory rate of tax to all cement plants and suspend the operation of the concessional rate of tax to mini-cement plants in G.O.Ms.No.378, Revenue, dated 02/05/1991 or order to apply the same concessional rate of tax to the petitioner also. For the Petitioner:MR.SKRISHNA MURTHY, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondents : None appeared. The Court made the following : ORDER : (per Sri Bilal Nazki, J) Counsel for petitioner submits that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as ‘infructuous’. ________________ (BILAL NAZKI, J) 19th August, 2004. ____________________ (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) ajr To 1 The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Govt. of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 The Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 4 The Director of Industries, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 5 Two C.D. copies.