IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23675 of 1997 Between: Syed Hafeezullah, S/o Syed Rahamatullah R/o Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Deputy Transport Commissioner & Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, (Registering Authority) Hyderabad Central. 2. Motor Vehicles Inspector (Special Grade) Sangareddy at Medak. .....RESPONDENTS 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 certiorari and call for the entire records in demand notice Memo No.3286/D2/Ho/97, dated 15-05-1997 from the file of the Joint Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Hyderabad, and quash the demand for payment of Rs.88,050/- purporting to be the balance tax payable for the q.e.31-03-1997, on the petitioner’s contract carriage bus AP9U/39 as arbitrary, malafide, illegal and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.N.JWALA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following O R D E R: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki). Heard learned counsel for the parties. The order impugned in this writ petition, dated 15-05-1997, needs a reconsideration in view of the law laid down subsequently by a Larger Bench judgment of this Court reported in L.Royal Reddy and others Vs. Government of A.P.. With the consent of the parties, we dispose of the matter, setting aside the order dated 15-05-1997 and directing the licensing authority to pass appropriate orders after hearing the parties and taking into consideration the judgment of this Court in L.Royal Reddy’s case (supra). No order as to costs. _____________________ (BILAL NAZKI, J) 28th September, 2004. _____________________ (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) vrn To 1. Deputy Transport Commissioner & Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, (Registering Authority) Hyderabad Central. 2. Motor Vehicles Inspector (Special Grade) Sangareddy at Medak. 3 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for Transport, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4 Two C.D copies