M/s.Ananya Chemicals and Minarals, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
APHC01011202025 / Writ Petition No. 6050 of 2025, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, decided 23.04.2025 - M/s. Ananya Chemicals and Minerals v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Others. Keywords: APPCB consent to operate (CTO) fee; balance CTO fee demand notice dated 18.12.2024; G.O.Ms.No.13 dated 26.02.2021 superseded by G.O.Ms.No.10 dated 14.02.2023; retrospective fee collection circulars 09.03.2021, 05.01.2022, 24.02.2023 withdrawn vide circular dated 06.04.2025; earlier interim order dated 12.03.2025 referencing judgment in W.P.No.14057 of 2023 dated 30.08.2023; dismissal for default (no representation); no order as to costs; no merits adjudication. Bench: Ravi Nath Tilhari, J (author) and Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, J.
What did the court decide?
There being no representation for the petitioner, and upon recording the Standing Counsel for APPCB's submission that the retrospective-fee collection circulars (09.03.2021, 05.01.2022, 24.02.2023) had been withdrawn vide circular dated 06.04.2025, the Writ Petition was dismissed for default, with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stood closed. The challenge to the demand notice was not adjudicated on merits.