IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14216 of 2009 Between: 1 Karri laxmi Srinivas Reddy, S/o.Narayana Reddy, R/o. Maredumilli Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 2 Juvvina Nageswara Rao, S/o.Tirupatayya, R/o. Yeleswara Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 3 Koppula Veera Venkata Satya Narayana Murthy, S/o. Padmanabha Murthy, R/o. Kothapeta Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 4 Kancherla Venkata Gopala Krishna Joga Rao, S/o. Seetarama Swamy, R/o. Jaggampeta Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 5 Lakamana Satti Raju, S/o. narayana Rao, R/o. Rampachodavaram Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 6 Dunnala Veerabhadra Rao, S/o.Rama Rao, R/o. Rampachodavaram Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 7 Mondi Veera Venkata Rao, S/o.Rama Rao, Parthipadu Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 8 Jajula Srinivas Rao, S/o. China Appa Rao, R/o.Kamarajupeta Village, Rampachodavaram Mandal. East Godavari District. 9 Pudikodu Hari Krishna, S/o. Nambair, R/o. Maredumilli Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. 10 Kaki Sri Pradyumna, S/o. Subba Rao, R/o Gokavaram Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner Prohibition and Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hydedrabad. 2 The Prohibition and Excise, Superintendent, Rajahmundry Excise, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.V.JAGGI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents, in collecting the license fee for the period from 01-07-2008 to 10-07-2008, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners sought for a direction to the respondents to adjust the license fee collected during 01-07-2008 to 10-07- 2008 towards the next installment falling due on 20-10- 2009 The petitioners were granted A4 licenses for sale of Indian Made Foreign Liquor and Foreign Liquor by shop in Agency area of Rampachodavaram and Addateegala Stations, East Godavari District. In view of pendency of W.P.No.13275 of 2008 and interim stay granted therein, licenses were issued to the petitioners with a delay of 10 days after the commencement of the excise year. The petitioners made representation before respondent No.2 with a request for remission of proportionate license fee. Respondent No.2 submitted a report to respondent No.1 wherein he explained the circumstances, under which licenses could not be granted to the petitioners for ten days and he also referred to the opinion, dated 10-07-2008, of the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise to the effect that since the petitioners are carrying on their business in the agency areas, they are entitled for remission of proportionate licence fee. The grievance of the petitioners is that so far respondent No.1 has not considered and disposed of their representation. Having heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, I feel that it would be in the interests of justice that respondent No.1 disposes of the petitioners’ representation for remission of license fee for the period from 01-07-2008 to 10-07-2008. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to consider and dispose of the petitioners’ representation, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law and in the light of the report of respondent No.2. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.18629 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 16th July, 2009 lur