THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.2068 of 2009

ORDER

Heard Sri Vedula Venkataramana, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of Sri Peri Prabhakar, learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondents and perused the record.

2. The petitioners by the present Writ Petition has assailed the action of 1st respondent authority in issuing letter dated 25.11.2008 whereby the 1^st respondent had sought to levy a sum of Rs.25,54,430/- as “Layout Regularization Scheme Charges” for considering the application made by the petitioners for construction of two additional blocks of residential flats of five floors each in Sy. Nos.93, 94 and 95 situated at Mallapur village, Kapra, Ranga Reddy District, as extension to the existing group housing scheme, as arbitrary and illegal with a consequential direction to the respondents to refund the aforementioned amount paid by the petitioners along with 18%

interest per annum.

3. It is the case of the petitioners that initially it had purchased land admeasuring Ac.4.00 gts. in Sy. Nos.93, 94 and

95 of Mallapur village, Kapra, Ranga Reddy District and had constructed five apartment bloc