The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition Nos.27524, 28594, 28622, 28631 of 2008 and 9550,13414, 14790, 14935, 15248, 15306, 16930, 16984, 16985, 18237, 18239, 18816, 19490, 19491, 19506, 19508, 19510, 19512, 19515, 22960, 23734, 23858 & 29211 of 2009 Date: 21st July, 2011 WP.No.27524 of 2008 Between: M/s.Hindustan Ratna (JV), Rep. by its authorised signatory, C.M.Rajesh …Petitioner And 1.The Government of A.P., rep.by its Principal Secretary, I & CAD Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 5 others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri S.Niranjan Reddy Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP for Irrigation and CAD Counsel for respondent No.5: GP for Finance & Planning Counsel for respondent No.6: GP for R & B The Court made the following: Common Order: This batch of Writ Petitions pertains to the validity of the action of the respondents in withholding and deducting 0.25% of the gross bill amounts payable to the petitioners towards the fund for National Academy of Construction. At the hearing, the learned Counsel appearing for the parties have submitted that a Division Bench of this Court has dealt with a batch of cases raising similar issues and by its judgment, dated 28.06.2011, in W.A.No.279 of 2009 and batch, upheld the judgments of the learned Single Judges, which were the subject matter of the appeals, by holding that the respondents have no power or authority to deduct any amount, much less 0.25% of the gross bill amounts, towards the fund for National Academy of Construction. Following this judgment, these writ petitions are also allowed. At this stage, it is represented by learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners, in some of these Writ Petitions, that during the pendency of the Writ Petitions, the respondents have deducted the amounts, towards the fund for National Academy of Construction, from the running bills of the petitioners. They have, therefore, requested for a direction to the respondents to refund the amounts so deducted. Since the Writ Petitions are allowed, it logically follows that the amounts already deducted shall be refunded to the petitioners. A direction in this regard shall go to the respondents to refund the amounts, if any, deducted from the petitioners’ bills during the pendency of these Writ Petitions. As a sequel, the interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 21st July, 2011 lur