THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.12205 OF 2010 Dated 1st June, 2010 Between: Puli Rajashekar …Petitioner And The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise And two others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Amarnath Goud Thodupunuri Counsel for the respondents: G.P for Prohibition & Excise The Court made the following ORDER: The inaction of respondent No.1 in disposing of petitioner’s application dated 21.07.2008 for granting permission to run a bar at Kothagudem, Khammam District is called in question in this writ petition. I have heard Sri T.Amarnath Goud, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise. The petitioner is stated to have made his application on 21.07.2008 to respondent No.1 for granting bar licence within Kothagudem Municipal limits. The petitioner pleaded that respondent No.1 called for reports from the subordinate officers and that the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise and the Prohibition and Excise Superintendent have concurrently recommended for granting of bar licence to the petitioner. The grievance of the petitioner is that despite lapse of substantial time from the date of making his application and notwithstanding all the favourable reports sent by the subordinate officers, respondent No.1 has not been disposing of his application. The learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise submitted that the incumbent of respondent No.1 is on leave for the last one month and that he will take a decision on the petitioner’s application within a reasonable time. Having regard to this submission and keeping in view the fact that the petitioner’s application is pending for a long time, respondent No.1 is directed to decide on the petitioner’s application in the light of the reports received by him within a period of one month from today and communicate the same to the petitioner. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.15393 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 1st June, 2010 Note: Issue C.C in one week. vrn