IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1540 of 2004 Between: M/s. Hiralal Parbhuram & Co., Gajulpet,Nizamabad, rep.by its Power of Attorney, Mr. Chetan Manilal Upadhyay. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of A.P.,rep.by its Prl.Secretary (Revenue) Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. M/s. AP Forest Development Corporation Ltd., A.C.Guards, Hyderabad, rep.by its Managing Director. 3 The Commercial Tax officer, Assessing Authority of 2nd Respondent, Aghapura, Hyderabad. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other writ or order or direction declaring the G.O.496 dated 17-7- 2001 issued by the first respondent as unreasonable, discriminatory, arbitrary and unconstitutional and set aside the same and consequently declare that the petitioner is entitled to purchase beedi leaves as raw materials against form 'G' under section 5-B of the Andhra pradesh General sales Tax Act. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: Spl. Standing Counsel for Commercial Taxes The Court made the following: ORDER: (PER BN, J) It is submitted by learned Counsel for the parties that the matter is covered by a judgment of this Court in W.P.No.21878 of 1999, dated 05-11-2004. Following the same, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ------------------------ (BILAL NAZKI, J) 9th November, 2004 ----------------------- (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) LUR Copy to: 1. The Prl. Secretary, State of A.P., (Revenue) Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Managing Director, M/s. A.P. Forest Development Corporation Ltd., A.C.Guards, Hyderabad, 3. The Commercial Tax officer, Assessing Authority of 2nd Respondent, Aghapura,Hyderabad. 4. Two CD copies.