IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11824 of 2008 Between: S. Venkateswarlu, S/o. Subbaiah, R/o. 87/1364/40 Brindavan Nagar, Kurnool. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Judge, Kurnool. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.C.RANGAPPA Counsel for the Respondent:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR (SC FOR APHC) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in refunding the deposit amount of Rs.1,71,000/- to the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri S.C.Rangappa, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri G.Vidyasagar, learned Standing Counsel representing the respondent submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is covered by order, dated 16.04.2007 in WPMP.No.4011 of 2007 in Writ Petition No.22081 of 2000. As the facts leading to holding of auction and invalidation of sale by the Division Bench in Writ Appeal No.1373 of 2006 having been narrated in detail by the learned Single Judge in the above-mentioned order, they need not be repeated herein. It will suffice to reproduce the direction given by this Court in the said order hereunder: “In the aforesaid circumstances, this application is allowed. The learned Principal District Judge, Kurnool shall refund to the petitioner all the amounts deposited by it pursuant to the auction/sale of the plant and machinery of the Company together with interest, if any, accrued on the deposits made by the petitioner after due verification of the identity of the petitioner.” As the petitioner stands in identical position to that of the petitioner in the case in which, the above-mentioned order was passed, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order referred to above with the direction that the reasons and directions contained therein shall form part of this order. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 2nd JULY, 2009. kvni