IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 14710 of 2005 Between: 1 K. Srinivas S/o Lingaiah R/o H. No. 2-3-26 Boyawada, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District 2 T. Sudershan Reddy S/o T. Deva Reddy R/o H. No. 2-3-35 C/o Maruthi Travels, Boyawada Karimnagar, Karimnagar District 3 B. Rajamouli S/o Rajaveeru H. No. 7-1-571 Mangammathota Karimngar Karimnagar District 4 T. Krishna Swamy S/o Pedda Ramaiah R/o H. No. 2-3-35 C/o Maruthi Travels, Boyawada Karimnagar, Karimnagar District 5 S. Maheshwar S/o Ramaiah R/o Porandla Village thimmapur Mandla Karimnagar District 6 Syed Javid, S/o Syed Habib R/o H. No. 1-31 Kothapalli (H), Karimnagar Mandal Karimnagar District 7 Refeeq Mohammed S/o Abdul Jaleel R/o H. No. 3-62 LMD Colony, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District 8 M. Narasimha S/o M. Mallaiah R/o H. No. 7-1-571, Mangammathota, karimnagar, Karimnagar Di 9 K. Karunakar S/o Kanakaiah R/o H. No. 2-95/18, Allugunur Village, Thimmapur Mandal Karimnagar District 10 S. Ramulu S/o Nagaiah R/o H. No. 10-2-309 Vidyanagar, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep by Principal Secretary Transport, Road & Buildings (TR-II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority Hyderabad East, Malakpet Hyderabad 3 The Registering Authority, Transport Department Manchiryal, Adilabad District 4 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Karimnagar Karimnagar District 5 The Additional Registering Authority Transport Department, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District .....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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring G.O.Ms. No. 152, Transport, Roads & Buildings (TR-II), dated 1-12-2001 as highly illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and contrary to the 1st schedule of the A.P. Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1963 and consequently direct the respondents to collect tax of Rs. 1000/- for the petitioners vehicle bearing Registration Nos. 1) AP 15V 9623, 2) AP 11W 3305, 3) AP 15V 5599, 4) AP 1U 3771, 5) AP 15W 7629 6)AP 15W 7556, 7) AP 15W 2548 8) AP 24U 7929 9)AP24U 8288 and 10) AP 15V 5400 respectively for quarter as per G.O.Ms. No. 216 Transport, Roads & Buildings (TR-II) dated 4-12-1997. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.N.JANARDHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court at the stage of admission made the following : O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ) Nobody appears for the petitioners. Nobody appeared on the last occasion also. This writ petition is filed questioning the validity of G.O.Ms.No.152, Transport, Roads & Buildings (TR-II), dated 01-12-2001. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the validity of this G.O has already been upheld by this Court in Writ Petition No.9096 of 2005 and batch, dated 25-04-2005. In this view of the matter, following the judgment dated 25-04-2005 in Writ Petition No.9096 of 2005 and batch, this writ petition is also dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ (Bilal Nazki, ACJ) 15th July, 2005 __________________ (G.Chandraiah,J) vrn To 1 The Government of A.P., rep by Principal Secretary Transport, Road & Buildings (TR-II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority Hyderabad East, Malakpet Hyderabad 3 The Registering Authority, Transport Department Manchiryal, Adilabad District 4 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Karimnagar Karimnagar District 5 The Additional Registering Authority Transport Department, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District 6 Two C.Cs to the G.P. for Transport, High Court Buildings, A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 7 Two C.D copies.