IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3800 of 2007 Between: Sri Nidhi Medical, Education and Health Care Society, a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, having its Regd. Office at Door No. 2-6-213/1, VDO's Colony Khammam, A.P.rep. by its Secretary Dr.T.Vasudeva Rao, S/o. late Appa Rao, ..... Petitioner AND 1.The Director, Drugs Control Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2.The State Blood Transfusion Council, C/o. State Aids Control Society, Koti, Hyderabad rep. by its President, Principal Secretary to Government, Health, Medical and Family Welfare. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not granting license/renewal to the petitioner to run a Blood Bank, the further action of the1st respondent in seeking to issue stop production orders basing on the proceedings of the 2nd respondent in Rc.No. 765/AIDS/BTC/2002-06/15-2 dt.02.02.2007 not granting approval to the petitioner for grant of license/renewal to run the Blood Bank, as arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal, unjust, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the Members of the Petitioner under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and issue a consequential direction to the respondents to forthwith grant license/renewal to the petitioner for running the Blood Bank. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in W.P.and upon hearing the arguments of Sri S.SRINIVAS REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and of G.P. for Medical and Health for the resp ondents, the Court made the following ORDER Post on 05-03-2007 in the Motion List. Till then, the respondents shall not take any punitive steps against the petitioner. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1.The Director, Drugs Control Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2.The President, Principal Secretary to Government, Health, Medical and Family Welfare, State Blood Transfusion Council, C/o. State Aids Control Society, Koti, Hyderabad 3.2ccs to G.P.for Medical & Health, High Court of A.P.Hyderabad (OUT) 4.1c to Sri S.Srinivas Reddy, Advocate (OPUC) 5.one spare copy smj HIGH COURT LNR.J. DATED 27-2-2007 NOTE: Post on 5-3-2007 in the Motion list ORDER W.P.NO.3800 OF 2007 DIRECTION Smj Drafted on 28-2-2007 HIGH COURT LNR.J. DATED 27-2-2007 NOTE: Post on 5-3-2007 in the Motion list ORDER W.P.NO.3800 OF 2007 DIRECTION