AND NANDIKONDA W.P.No.26497 OF 2011 ORDER : (per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)

Heard Mr. Grandhi Srikanth, learned counsel representing Mr. J.Prabhakar, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and Mr. K.Sudhakar Reddy, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department for respondent No.8. Perused the record.

2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking for the following relief:

“It is, therefore, prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to pass appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of respondent Nos.1 to 5 upon representations of petitioner and consequential non- payment of reward in terms of Guidelines For Grant Of Rewards to Informants, 2007 issued by Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Director Taxes) as illegal, arbitrary, violative of provisions of Income Tax Act, Money Laundering Act and contrary to the above guidelines and issue a consequential direction directing the respondents to take appropriate action on the representations of the petitioner including payment of reward amount and pass such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court deems just and proper.”

3. The plain reading of the prayer clause would reveal that the substantive relief that the petitioner wants was action on the part of the respondents in not taking a decision on the representation that the petitioner is calling for grant of reward for having supplied certain material information to the department. The department, it seems, till date not taken any decision on the said representation. 4. Considering the fact that the application of the petitioner is still pending or at least the petitioner has not been informed about any decision on his application if any, we do not think it proper to keep the writ petition pending any further.

5. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of petitioner’s entitlement and also on the merits of his application that he has filed, the writ petition, at this juncture, is disposed of directing respondent Nos.1 to 5 to process the application, if any, of the petitioner, if it is pending and inform the petitioner on the outcome of the decision that the respondents shall take on the said representation at the earliest, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

P.SAM KOSHY, J

NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA, J

16.07.2025

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