IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO :8860 of 2008 Between: Toddy Tappers Cooperative Society, Gadwal, Mahabubnagar District, Rep by its President, B. Vikas Goud ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, Gadwal, Mahabubnagar District. 2 The Prohibition & Excise Inspector, SHO adwal, Mahabubnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.SREEDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in insisting on the petitioner society for payment of arrears of rentals for the years 1992-93 and 1993-94 towards liability of the earlier societies, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner society sought for a consequential direction to respondent No.1 to forthwith revise the petitioner society with the existing 28 eligible members. Heard Sri N.Sreedhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. The Toddy Tappers Cooperative Society, Gadwal was holding license to sell toddy. By proceedings, dated 27.06.2003, respondent No.1 cancelled its license for Shop Nos.1, 4 and 5 on the ground of adulteration. The said order was confirmed in appeal. The revision petition filed by the petitioner society before the Government was disposed of with certain observations. The petitioner filed Writ Petition No.6901 of 2008 questioning those observations made by the revisional authority. This Court disposed of the said writ petition at the admission stage by order, dated 31.03.2008, wherein respondent No.1 was directed to decide the question whether the petitioner is entitled to seek permission for revival of the existing society by expelling the members of the Managing Committee, during whose tenure the society indulged in adulteration under Rule 39 of the Andhra Pradesh Excise (Grant of Licence to Sell Toddy, Conditions of Licence and Tapping of Excise Trees) Rules, 2007, or not, without being influenced by paragraph 8 of proceedings, dated 19.02.2008 issued by the Government. In the present writ petition, the petitioner raised two grievances, namely, 1) it came to know that the respondents are contemplating to impose a condition to recover arrears owed by the previous society during the years 1992-94 as already indicated in order, dated 08.02.2008 passed by respondent No.1 and 2) though two weeks expired after the disposal of the earlier writ petition, respondent No.1 has not passed any order reviving the society. After hearing the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner society and perusing the record, I am of the view that since respondent No.1 has not passed any order as yet, following the disposal of Writ Petition No.6901 of 2008, it is not necessary to give any finding on the grievances expressed by the petitioner. Indeed, proceedings, dated 08.02.2008 were issued by respondent No.1 before the disposal of Writ Petition No.6901 of 2008 and the petitioner can always impress upon respondent No.1 to change his view regarding the petitioner’s liability for payment of arrears incurred by the previous society. With regard to the other grievance, namely, respondent No.1 has not decided on their request, I find the same justifiable. Since the petitioner is seeking grant of a new license after excluding the erring members, it is incumbent upon respondent No.1 to act with reasonable dispatch in considering the request of the petitioner for grant of a new license. In this view of the matter, respondent No.1 is directed to take a decision on the representation of the petitioner society within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.11749 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd APRIL, 2008 kvni