(Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Declaration, declaring Section 4 (1-A)(a) of Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 introduced by the Tamil Nadu Amendment Act 27 of 1998 as amended by Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 2003 by substituting Schedule III, Part I and Section 3-A levying Green Tax in respect of Vehicles mentioned under the 4th Schedule of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 as ultravires and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India in so far as it amounts to levy if life tax for the new registration of vehicle in so far as the petitioner is concerned.)

P. Sathasivam, J.

Since the issue raised in all these writ petitions is one and the same, they are being disposed of by the following common order.

2. The petitioner in W.P.No.35545 of 2004 is a senior Advocate and he seeks to issue a writ of declaration, declaring Section 4(1-A)(a) of Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974, introduced by the Tamil Nadu Amendment Act 27 of 1998, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 2003, by substituting Schedule III, Part-I and Section 3-A levying Green Tax in respect of vehicles mentioned under the