THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 292 of 2010 Between: Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited. …… Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Hyderabad & others ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 292 of 2010 O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not including 1% towards labour cess in respect of the works allotted to the petitioner in Agreement No. SE(PH) Circle, Warangal No. 22/2006-07, dated 09.03.2007 and payments made after 26.06.2007 by revising the estimates as per U.O. Note No. 4763/PFS.F8/(A1)/08-4, dated 28.02.2008 as illegal and arbitrary. When the matter has been taken up today, the learned counsel for both the parties have submitted that the subject matter of this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Writ Petition No. 26544 of 2009 and batch, dated 15.12.2009. Therefore, following the ratio laid down in the aforesaid judgment, I dispose of this Writ Petition, in the following terms: a) the respondents shall include 1% cess in the estimates for the works which they propose to undertake, if the work continues for or beyond twelve months and involves engagement of 10 workers or more; and b) the respondents shall not deduct any amount towards cess, unless the corresponding amount is included in the estimates. There shall be no order as costs. ---------------------------- (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) 19th January 2010 ksld