THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 8774 OF 2010 Dated 20th April, 2010 Between: M/s Sri Sai Kiran Agencies …Petitioner And The Deputy Commissioner and two others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri K.V.Seshagiri Rao Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Prohibition and Excise The Court made the following ORDER: In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents are interfering with his business of dealing in black jaggery. The petitioner, who claims to have obtained licence from the Assistant Commercial Tax Officer, Tuni Circle, Kakinada Division, to conduct business in jaggery in wholesale and retail alleged in his affidavit that though he is selling the jaggery for human consumption and cattle feed without being misused for the purpose of illicit distillation, the respondents have been frequently raiding his business premises and harassing him without any cause or reason. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise fairly conceded that there is no prohibition in law on the traders selling black jaggery. She, however, added that if there is evidence to show that the trader is indulging in use of black jaggery for manufacture of illicitly distilled arrack, the respondents are entitled to take action in accordance with law. In view of the respective submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents not to interfere with the lawful business of the petitioner in dealing with black jaggery unless there is specific evidence of his indulging in using the black jaggery for the purpose of illicit distillation of arrack. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.11343 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 20th April, 2010 vrn