IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8336 of 2010 Between: M/s. New India Timber Rajendra Nagar, R.R. District. … Petitioner And The state of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Forest & Environment Dept., Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Raheel Ahmed for Sri A.M. Qureshi Counsel for the respondents: GP for Forest The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8336 of 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in renewing the licence of the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. In the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.2, it is inter alia stated that the petitioner’s saw mill licence was cancelled by order dated 10.01.2006. As the said order was not placed on record, this Court adjourned the case for production of record by the respondents. Today, the learned Government Pleader for Forests produced the record, a perusal of which shows that the petitioner’s saw mill licence was cancelled by proceedings dated 10.01.2006 of respondent No.2. At the hearing, Sri Raheel Ahmed representing Sri A.M.Qureshi, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that his client was not served with a copy of the cancellation order. The learned Government Pleader, however, stated that one N.A. Ansari has received the order on 24.01.2006. In view of the dispute relating to service of cancellation order on the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader has undertaken to supply a copy of the order to the learned counsel for the petitioner to enable the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy against the said order. Inasmuch as the saw mill licence of the petitioner was cancelled, the question of directing the respondents to consider renewal of the licence does not arise. For the abovementioned reasons, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to question the cancellation order by availing appropriate remedy. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.10746 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 04.08.2010. ES