IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 26375 of 1997 Between: M/s Shakti Enterprises, Rep. by its Proprietor, Mr. Ramesh Darak, Storage and Business place S.Y.No. 24 Village Ganeshpur Mandal, Talque Zaheerabad, District Medak. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Excise Superintendent, Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Prohibitor and Excise Superintendent, Sanga Reddy, Medak District. .....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 order, direction or a writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the respondents have no jurisdiction to impose any restrictions on the petitioner regarding purchase, transport, possession and sale of Molasses and demand of Administrative charges at the rate of Rs. 25/- per metric tonne on and the insistence on taking an escort with each tanker lorry transporting Molasses by the petitioner are illegal and without jurisdiction apart from being violative of Article 19(1) (g) of Constitution of India Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOKA RAGHAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become in-fructuous. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as in-fructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 9-3-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Excise Superintendent, Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 The Prohibitor and Excise Superintendent, Sanga Reddy, Medak District. 4) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}