IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22770 of 2005 Between: The Sanathnagar Govt. Employees’ Welfare Association, Regd. No.174/72, SRT-711, Sanathnagar Colony, Hyderabad, reptd., by Its President Sri P.Venkateshwara Rao. … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, reptd., by its Chief Secretary, General Administration (Law & Order-II) Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad and six others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri L.V.Uma Maheswara Rao Counsel for respondents: AGP for GAD. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking quashing of proceedings dated 15-1-2003 of respondent No.1, whereby the business of the fire works and crackers is regulated as being violative of the provisions of the Explosives Act, 1884 and Explosives Rules, 1983. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for General Administration Department, representing respondent No.1 placed before me a copy of order dated 17-10-2003 passed in Writ Petition No.21626 of 2003 and batch, whereby a batch of Writ Petitions was disposed of. It is apt to reproduce the relevant portion of the order hereunder: “In view of the same, the operation of the Explosives Act and rules made thereunder is only enable the licensees to stock the fire works and crackers subject to orders that may be passed by the Executive Magistrates in exercise of powers under Section 133 of the Code, which is in the nature of preventive measures. Mere obtaining licenses under the Explosives Act will not debar the action that may be proposed by the Executive Magistrate/Police Authorities, particularly in the safety of neighbours of the buildings where crackers are stored. Having regard to the fact that the petitioners are in the trade of fire works and crackers since 5 and 20 years respectively, if they comply the safety norms, as recommended by the One Man Committee, as approved by the Government in its memo dated 15-1- 2003 and make an application to the Executive Magistrate/Police Authorities of the concerned area, as the case may be, the Executive Magistrate/Police Authorities, if satisfy that safety measures taken by the licensees are sufficient to protect the lives of the neighbouring people in case of any happening, shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law”. Since the issues raised in the present Writ Petition are identical to the issues raised in the batch of Writ Petitions, this Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the order in the said batch with a direction that the said order dated 17-10-2003 in Writ Petition No.21626 of 2003 and batch shall be read as a part of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.29173 of 2005 and WVMP No.2033 of 2006 are disposed of as infructuous. ----------------------------------- ----- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:04-07-2008 MNR