IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO WRIT PETITION No.26733 of 2014 DATE: 09.02.2026 Between:

Chirec School and another …Petitioners AND The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep., by its Commissioner, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad.

…Respondent

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:-

“…to issue a Writ order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in directing the petitioner to pay trade license fee of Rs.12,00,000/- for the year 2014-15 by enhancing it from previous figure of Rs.1,20,000/- p.a., demanded for the year 2013-14 including by issuing the Resolution No.371 dated 24.02.2014 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and direct the respondents not to collect any enhanced license fee from the 1^st petitioner for the year 2014-2015 and pass such other order or orders…”

2. Heard Sri S. Niranjan Reddy, learned Senior counsel for the petitioners and Sri G. Madhusudhan Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for GHMC, appearing for the respondent.

Perused the record.

3. When the matter