IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.15451 of 2009 Between: T C S Toddy Shop, Kushaiguda, ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, A.P. and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 15451 of 2009 ORDER : The petitioner filed this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring and setting aside the proceedings dated 17.10.2008 in Cr.No.14493/2007/CPE/E2 on the file of the 1st respondent and the consequential proceedings dated 25.10.2008 in Cr.No.B2/2630/2007 on the file of the 2nd respondent, as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to reconsider the representations dated 25.10.2007 and 26.12.2007 made by the petitioner society for the purpose of reviving the petitioner society. 2. The brief facts are that the petitioner is a society registered under A.P. Cooperative Societies Act and is having licence under A.P. Excise Act, issued by the 2nd respondent for selling toddy in the village of Kushaiguda. As the matter stood thus, the managing committee of the petitioner-society had committed certain irregularities and on the basis of the said irregularities, a case was registered on 17.09.2007 and the licence of the petitioner-society was cancelled on 15.10.2007. In the meanwhile, new president i.e., the present managing committee has been elected for the petitioner- society and the new rules also have come into force with effect from 01.10.2007. As the said crime is dated 17.09.2007 and the order of cancellation is dated 15.10.2007 and the new rules have come into force with effect from 01.10.2007, the petitioner-society approached the respondent authorities and gave a representation to re-consider the said cancellation of licence dated 15.10.2007 for the reason that the irregularities are committed by the earlier committee that too prior to the present rules which have come into force on 01.10.2007. As no action has been initiated, the petitioner-society approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition. 3. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader, this Court is of the view that the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondent Nos.1 and 2 to re-consider the representations dated 25.10.2007 and 26.12.2007 and pass necessary orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J August 20, 2009 KSH