R. Mahadevan, J.

1. These writ petitions have been filed seeking a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the first respondent made under G.O.Ms. No. 29, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MC II) Department, dated 31.01.2011, and quash the same and direct the second respondent to refund the amount collected from the members of the petitioner Association from 01.12.2005 till date and further forbear the second respondent from collecting any toll fee for using the mechanically propelled vehicle for using inner ring road in Madurai city by the members of the petitioner Association. Since the issue involved in these writ petitions is similar, both the writ petitions are taken up together for hearing and disposed of, by this common order.

2. Brief facts necessary for the disposal of these writ petitions, are as follows:

2.1. The members of the petitioner Associations are the stage carriage operators operating either within Virudhunagar District or on inter-district route between Madurai District and Virudhunagar District. The Government had established an Integrated Bus Stand at Mattuthavani, Madurai, and an inner ring road had been formed on the northern