IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No : 21063 of 2009 Between: 1. Maddi Vaikuntam, S/o Chinna Rajaiah, 45 years, Occ:Toddy Tapper and 3 others. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Excise Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad and 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.21063 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed questioning the Gazette notification dated 19.06.2009 issued by the 2nd respondent pursuant to the letter Cr.No.10833/2007/CPE/E4 dated 30.09.2007 issued by the 3rd respondent bifurcating the erstwhile TTCS, Veenavanka into TTCS, Veenavanka, TTCS, Narsingapur, without there being any resolution passed by the TTCS, Veenavanka. Admittedly, against the impugned notification dated 19.06.2009, the petitioners herein filed an appeal before the 1st respondent under Section 63 (2) of the A.P. Excise Act. Along with the said appeal, the petitioners also filed an application seeking stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the impugned notification. The only grievance of the petitioners is that while the appeal is pending, the respondents are trying to take steps to bifurcate TTCS, Veenavanka into TTCS, Veenavanka and TTCS, Narsingapur. In the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal pending before him as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of Six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending disposal of the appeal, the parties are directed to maintain status quo obtaining as on today. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 25-09-2009 Note: issue C.C. in three days. (Bo) Gsn.