THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.10388 of 2009 Dated 19th July, 2011 Between: M/s.Larsen & Toubro Ltd-KBL (UJV) Hyderabad. …Petitioner And The Government of A.P., rep.by its Principal Secretary, Transport, R&B Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 4 others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri S.Niranjan Reddy Counsel for respondent No.1: GP for R&B Counsel for respondent Nos.2 to 4: GP for Irrigation Counsel for respondent No.5: GP for F & P The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition pertains to the validity of the action of the respondents in withholding and deducting 0.25% of the gross bill amounts payable to the petitioner 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, this writ petition is also allowed. As a sequel, the interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th July, 2011 lur