IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Bench APHC010295762012 AT AMARAVATI Sr.Nos:-

42, 43 [3579]

Writ Petition No: 8400 of 2012 along with Writ Petition No.27532 of 2012 Writ Petition No: 8400 of 2012 M/s.UltraTech Cement Ltd. ...Petitioner Vs.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh and others ...Respondents Writ Petition No.27532 of 2012 M/s. UltraTech Cement Ltd. ...Petitioner Vs.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh and others ...Respondents **********

Advocate for Petitioner: CKR Associates Advocate for Respondents: GP for Transport CORAM : T HE CHIEF JUSTICE LISA GILL SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA DATE : 28^th April, 2026.

LISA GILL,CJ.

W.P.Nos.8400 and 27532 of 2012 are taken up together for adjudication and decision, at request and with consent of learned counsel for parties, who are ad idem that an identical question for consideration arises in both the writ petitions.

2. Issue involved in both writ petitions is as to whether special equipment wheel loaders, hydras and dumpers used by petitioner in mines to undertake mining of limestone fall under definition of ‘motor vehicles’ within the ambit of Section 2 (28) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, read with Section 10 of Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles T