L. Narayana Swamy, J.

1. The common prayer made by the petitioners in all these writ petitions are for issuance of writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the that respondents have no authority to collect electricity tax on the energy purchased and consumed from sources outside the State of Karnataka by the petitioners through inter-State open access; and to declare the that same is illegal, untenable and ultra vires the Constitution of India. Petitioners have also sought for a writ of certiorari or order or direction quashing demand notice Annexure-A, dated 20th February, 2016 issued by the second respondent at the behest of the first respondent and also declare the same as illegal and arbitrary.

2. In Writ Petition No. 38406 of 2013 a prayer has been made to declare sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 3 of the Karnataka Electricity (Taxation on Consumption) (Amendment) Act, 2013 as unconstitutional and ultra vires of the Constitution of India. In this petition, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that he would like to file a memo for withdrawing the writ petition. Therefore, the Registry was directed to de-link this