IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 16201 of 2000 Between: 1 M/s. Godrej G.E. Applicances Limited, Rep. by its Manager (Service), SR Naqvi, S/o. Sah Naqvi, III Floor, PTI Buildings, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad 2 M/s. Godrej G.E. Appliances Limited, Rep. by its Manager, SR Naqvi, III Floor, PTI Buildings, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Food ad Consumer Affairs, New Delhi. 2 The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Kurnool, Kurnool Dist. 3 K.V.S. Krishna, R/o. 40-306, Bhagyanagar, Kurnool. 4 The Manager, Mudugal Bheemasenappa, and Bos. (Bellary), Whole sale Dealers, 40-30-1, Park Road, Kurnool .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one, in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Section -27 of Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of Articles 14 & 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution of India, and consequently declare the Proceedings in O.P.No.11/2000 in C.D.No.10/99 on the file of Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I, Kurnool District as void, ab initio null and void , nonest in the eye of law, and pass such Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.SRINIVASULU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.16201 of 2000 JUDGMENT:(per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submitted that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by an order of this Court in Dr.C.V.Ratnam v. Union of India[1]. This writ petition is also dismissed in terms of and in accordance with the aforesaid order of the Full bench. There shall be no order as to costs. V.ESWARAIAH,J SANJAY KUMAR,J Dt:23.04.2009 usd [1] 2001(5) ALT 610(FB)