HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 15583 of 2001 Date: 04.08.2009 Between: Kathiani Chits and Finance Pvt. Ltd., …. Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Secretary to Government, Transport (R&B) Department, Hyderabad & others ……. Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 15583 of 2001 O R D E R: (per Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Writ Petition has been filed seeking a mandamus for declaring the provisions of the second Proviso to Section 3, sub- clause (aa) (bb) of sub-section (1) of Section 4 and the Proviso to Section 6 of APMV Taxation Act, 1963, as amended by the Amending Act No. 15 of 1987, dated 16.02.1987, imposing compulsory payment of life tax in respect of four wheelers including the petitioner’s new Honda Accord Vehicle, as ultra vires, unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India. The provisions imposing payment of life tax in respect of four wheelers has been upheld by this Court and, therefore, this Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed and it is accordingly dismissed. However, the petitioner is given 30 days time to pay the balance life tax amount in respect of the four wheeler in question from today. No costs. ---------------------------- (GHULAM MOHAMMED,J) ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 4th August 2009 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}