HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.22550 of 2011 Date : 10-8-2011 Between : M/s. RMN-GVR Joint Venture, Represented by its Authorised Signatory B.Reddappa Reddy, Hyderabad .. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary to Government, Irrigation & Command Area Development Department, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri P.Venkata Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3 : A.G.P. for Irrigation & Command Area Development Counsel for respondent No.4 : A.G.P. for Finance & Planning The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in with-holding amounts in excess of the limit contained under Clause 47.1 of the general conditions of contract as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner has placed before the Court the two judgments of this Court dated 23.07.2008 and 28.08.2009 in Writ Petition Nos.12979 and 13034 of 2008 and Writ Petition Nos.443 of 2009 and batch respectively, whereby this Court has allowed the Writ Petitions by restraining the respondents from withholding any amount towards EMD and retention amounts contrary to the terms envisaged in the contracts entered into with the petitioners. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation has not disputed the above position. Inasmuch as the relief claimed in this Writ Petition is similar to the one, which was claimed in the aforementioned two batches of cases, it is accordingly covered by the said two judgments. Consequently, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms of the said two judgments with the direction that the relief granted therein in favour of the petitioners in the said Writ Petitions shall be available to the petitioner herein. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP.Nos.27552 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date : 10-8-2011 AM