IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13665 of 2009 Between: Smt.N.Varalakshmi W/o. N.V.Satyanarayana, Hindu Eluru West Godavari District .... PETITIONER AND The Eluru Municipal Corporation Rep.by its Commissioner Eluru, West Godavari District ...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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of the respondent in not paying the fee payble to the petitioner for the services rendered and cases attended by her as a standing counsel for the respondent municipal Corporation from 2005 to 2008 and not considering her representation dt 16-02-2009 for payment of fee as illegal, arbitrary and capricious and consequently direct the respodent to pay the fee payable to the petitioner as per her representation and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SREEMANNARAYANA VATTIKUTI Counsel for the Respondent: MR.S.NAGESWARA REDDY The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13665 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in not paying the legal fee to the petitioner for the services rendered by her as a Standing Counsel for the respondent- Municipal Corporation from 2005 to 2008, as arbitrary and illegal. It is stated that the petitioner herein was appointed as a Standing Counsel to appear in cases on behalf of the respondent-Municipal Corporation in the Courts at Eluru. Though the petitioner appeared in number of cases on behalf of the respondent during her tenure, it is alleged that the legal fees payable to her has not been paid by the respondent-Corporation. In the circumstances, she made a representation dated 16.02.2009 furnishing the details of the cases in which Legal Fee is due to her and requesting the respondent to make the payment without any delay. Alleging that there is no response from the respondent-Corporation, the present writ petition is filed. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.Nageswara Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent and in view of the undisputed fact that the petitioner was appointed as a Standing Counsel for the respondent-Corporation and appeared on behalf of the respondent before the Courts at Eluru during her tenure as the Standing Counsel and keeping in view the fact that the representation dated 16.02.2009 made by her for payment of the legal fee as per the details furnished therein is pending before the respondent, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider the representation dated 16.02.2009 and to make payment to which the petitioner is entitled to in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________ G.ROHINI, J Dt.09-07-2009 RAR THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13665 of 2009 DATED : 09-07-2009