IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8249 of 2009 Between: Vijay Ramakrishna, S/o. P. Ramakrishna, R/o. H.No. 10-3-28, East Maredpally, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Commissioner, Hyderabad. 2 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep. by the Director, Veterinary Section, North Zone, West Mareedpally, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus decalring the notice dated 06-04-2009 issued by the 2nd respondent as arbitrary, illegal and consequently direct the respondents to renew the licences for all the six dogs every year. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. C.M.R. VELU Counsel for the Respondent No.: R.RAMACHANDRA REDDY,SC FOR MCH 1,2,4&6 The Court made the following: O R D E R:- The petitioner asserts that he is domesticating six pet dogs at his house in an extent of 421 sq. yards of land situated at East Marredpally, Secunderabad for the purpose of security for which he obtained licence from the 1st respondent-Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation which is valid up to 31.03.2009. While so, it is the case of the petitioner that based on a complaint lodged by one of his neighbours that the pet dogs of the petitioner are causing nuisance, the 2nd respondent- Director, Veterinary Section, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, issued notice dated 06.04.2009 to the petitioner, indicating that his licence will not renewed and that he has to handover his dogs to the Dog Section of the Corporation. Hence, questioning the said notice, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appearing on behalf of the respondents. According to the own admission of the petitioner, based on the complaint lodged by one of his neighbours that the dogs of the petitioner are causing nuisance, the 2nd respondent earlier issued notice dated 22.11.2008, calling upon him to shift the dogs. The petitioner without submitting any explanation thereto, as can be seen from the affidavit filed in support of this writ petition, filed writ petition in W.P. No. 6507 of 2009 questioning the said notice. This Court vide order dated 26.03.2009, while ordering notice to the respondent therein, directed him to file counter. No stay was granted by this Court in the said writ petition. While the said writ petition is pending, the respondents issued the impugned notice, informing the petitioner that his licence cannot be renewed because one of his neighbours had lodged a complaint and called upon the petitioner to shift the dogs. Now the petitioner wants stay of the said notice contending that there is urgency in the matter, and that if no stay is granted, he will have no other course, but to shift the dogs or hand over the same to the respondents. He wants grant of stay of the impugned notice without even issuing any notice to the official respondents, and in fact, he has filed the present writ petition without making the complainant, at whose instance, the impugned notice came to be issued, a party- respondent to the writ petition. Such request of the petitioner for grant of stay, without hearing the official respondents and the complainant, at whose instance the impugned notice came to be issued, cannot be acceded, particularly when the dog licence of the petitioner expired on 31.03.2009 and stood unrenewed thereafter. Since similar writ petition, filed by the petitioner is already pending adjudication, there is no need to entertain this writ petition. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 21st April, 2009 bcj