IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 26942 of 2001 Between: K.Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Rama Rao, R/o. D.No.20/116, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Revenue (Excise Department) Rep. by its Officer in Special Duty, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Sipetintendent, Prohibition and Excise, Machilipantam, Krishna District. 4 M/s Vasavi Wines, Rep. by its Sri M.V.Venkata Kumara Babu, Machilipantam, Krishna District. .....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 order or orders, direction or directions, writ or writs, particularly one in the nature of "WRIT OF MANDAMUS" and declare the order of the 1st respondent passed in G.O.Rt.No.320 Revenue (Excise-III) Department, dt. 8.2.2001 and the consequential action of the 3rd respondent in granting license in favor of the 4th respondent as illegal arbitrary and without jurisdiction Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.L.N.SWAMY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.26942 of 2001 ORDER: Ms. B. Vara Lakshmi, counsel representing Sri K.L.N. Swamy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 23rd October, 2008 GHN To 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Revenue (Excise Department) Rep. by its Officer in Special Duty, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Sipetintendent, Prohibition and Excise, Machilipantam, Krishna District. 4 2CCs to GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ANURADHA}