THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.32230 of 2010 Date: 22.12.2010 Between: Gopala Krishna Kalamandir ..... Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Licensing Authority, Khammam and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Mummaneni Srinivasa Rao Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Home The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not disposing of the petitioner’s application dated 31.08.2010 for grant of further temporary licence for a period of six months as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri M. Srinivasa Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. A perusal of the record shows that there is a dispute among the partners of the petitioner’s firm. On the strength of the directions issued by this Court earlier, the petitioner’s B-form licence was renewed temporarily for a period of six months on 24.06.2010. The period of renewal is coming to an end on 23.12.2010. It is the pleaded case of the petitioner that respondent No.1 is seized of the dispute among the partners of the petitioner’s firm in connection with the grant of B-form licence and that the enquiry is pending before him. Respondent No.2 is stated to have filed a complaint against one K.B. Prakash, one of the partners of the petitioner’s firm, for not surrendering the original B-form licence. In this scenario the petitioner is stated to have made an application on 31.08.2010 before respondent No.1 for further temporary renewal of licence till the enquiry pending before him is completed and appropriate orders are passed. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the renewed licence period is coming to an end, respondent No.1 has not disposed of its application. In the light of the above grievance of the petitioner, respondent No.1 is directed to dispose of the petitioner’s application dated 31.08.2010 on temporary renewal of B-form licence, keeping in view the fact that he has earlier renewed the licence, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.40959 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd December, 2010 Note: Issue CC in five days. (B/o) GHN