IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22106 of 2002 Between: K. Venkateshwar ..... Petitioner AND Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. .....Respondent Counsel for the petitioner : Sri A. Santosh Kumar This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22106 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Certiorari to quash notice vide STC No.575 of 2002 on the file of the VII Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Heard Sri A. Santosh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appeared for the respondent. The petitioner has been running Internet Café in the name and style of Globalnet in the premises bearing shop No.5, Delta Chamber, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. The respondent got a case registered as STC.No.575 of 2002 on the file of the VII Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad for the alleged offences under Sections 521 and 596 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955. Initiation of the said proceedings is questioned in this writ petition. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in Schedule ‘P’ under Section 521, the items requiring taking out licences are specified and the activity of running an Internet center is not included in the said schedule. No counter-affidavit is filed controverting the averments contained in the affidavit. I have perused Schedule ‘P’ and I find no entry regarding Internet activity, which requires taking of licence. In the absence of any requirement for taking licence, the very registration of criminal case cannot be sustained in law. Hence, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned charge sheet is quashed. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP.No.27715 of 2002 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19.02.2009 ES