Date on which judgment was reserved : 10.03.2026 Date on which judgment was pronounced : 07.05.2026 Date on which judgment was uuploaded on the website of the High Court : 07.05.2026 APHC010068282022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 4405/2022 Between:

M/s. Prakash Arts Private Limited ...PETITIONER AND Union Of India and Others ...RESPONDENT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. SRINIVAS CHITTURU Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA

2. Y V ANIL KUMAR (Central Government Counsel)

3. S.V.S.S.SIVARAM SC For VMC THE HON‟BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4405 of 2022 ORDER :

The present Writ Petition was filed, originally, against respondents 1 to 3, seeking a direction to respondent No.3 not to demand license fee in respect of an extent of 42,508 square feet i.e. 23,380 square feet for want of municipal permission and 19,128 square feet, being the space not provided to the petitioner by respondent No.3, out of total extent of 64,648 square feet, under Tender Notice N