THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition Nos.5011, 5099 and 6546 of 2006 COMMON ORDER: These three writ petitions are filed challenging the action of the respondents in recovering the seignorage charges for ordinary earth from out of the bills payable for executing the contract works covered under respective agreements. When the matters are taken up for consideration, it is submitted by the learned counsel appearing for both the parties that similar writ petitions, in W.P.Nos.8490 of 2005 and batch, were dismissed as infructuous on 22.07.2008 with liberty to the respondents to recover the disputed seignorage charges in the event they have already not been recovered. In the circumstances, these writ petitions are also dismissed as infructuous in terms of the order, dated 22.07.2008, passed by this Court in W.P.Nos.8490 of 2005 and batch. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:04.06.2010 VGB