IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 9456 OF 2003 Between: Viswakarma Art Gallery rep.by its Managing Partner, J.Vijaya Prasad, S/o late Ramaiah, aged About 38 years, Occupation business, R/o 302, Jayalakshmi Apartments, Sriramnagar colony, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. ......petitioner AND 1. The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Represented by its Commissioner, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2. The Additional Commissioner, (Finance) Advertisement Section, Municipal Corporation Of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. ......Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Milind G.Gokhale Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following:- ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioner-partnership firm has questioned demand notice, dated.17-02-2003, issued by the second respondent-Additional Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad in Proceedings No.2775/A1/WZ/Advt/MCH/2002-03, demanding an amount of Rs.7,500/- towards advertisement fee, referring the provisions under Section 421 read with Section 622 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’). When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents-Corporation that the subject matter of this Writ Petition is covered by a judgment of this Court reported in Kasturi Brothers, Dress Materials and Saree Shop, Hyderabad vs., Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad[1]. Following the submission made by the learned Counsel for the parties, impugned Notice, dated 17-02-2003, issued by the respondents in Proceedings No.2775/A1/WZ/Advt/MCH/2002-03, is hereby set aside and the matter is remitted to the respondents- Corporation directing it to give an opportunity to the petitioner and after considering the objections, if any to be filed by him, pass appropriate orders. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the directions referred above. No order as to costs. __________________ (R.Subhash Reddy, J) 17th August, 2009. Ivd/lur [1] 2007 1(A.L.D.) 481