IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 713 of 2003 Between: 1 M/s Gayatri Sugar Complex Ltd., Rep by Director O/o Flat No.7, 1st Floor, Green Medows Apartments, Saraswathi Nagar, Dargamitta, Nellore-03 2 M/s Krebs Biochemicals Ltd., Rep by Director, O/o 401/402, 4th Floor, Plot No.13 Cyber Heights, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-33 ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Union Of India, Through the Secretary, Ministry Of Consumer Affairs & Pubilc Distribution, (Dept of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.01 2 The Joint Secretary (Sugar) Govt of India, Ministry Of Consumer Affairs & Pubilc Distribution, (Dept of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.01 3 The Chief Director (Sugar), Govt of India, Ministry Of Consumer Affairs & Pubilc Distribution, (Dept of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.01 .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 pass an order or orders or writ of Mandamjus declaring that the First Petitioner Company is entitled to sell its free sale sugar stocks to discharge its contracual and statutory liabilities and issue writ of Prohibitiion restraining the Respondents from interfering in the Petitioner companyselling its free sale sugar stocks and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court deem fit and proper Counsel for the Petitioners: M/S C.KODANDA RAM Counsel for the Respondents: Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy The Court made the following : ORDER: It is stated that in view of the interim order dated 27.02.2003 passed by this Court in W.P.M.P.No.4495 of 2003 permitting the petitioners to sell 30,000 MTS of free sale sugar stock, the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. However, the respondents shall not initiate any criminal action against the petitioners for free sale sugar in view of the said interim orders. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:14.03.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }