IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 19112 of 1999 Between: 1 Sree Gowtham Oilsedds Growers Mutually Aided Co-operation Society Limited Gandepalli Village, East Godavari District. Rep. by its Sri P.Ramachandra Rao 2 P.Ramachandra Rao S/o.Venkata Raju R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 3 P.Sai Krishna S/o.Rama Rao R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 4 P.Bapayyamma W/o.Venkata Raju R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 5 Y.Ganeswara Rao S/o.Veeranna R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 6 B.Balaramakrishnamurthy S/o.Agganna R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 7 K.Sarada w/o.Satyanarayana R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 8 Y.Venkatalakshmi W/o.Satyanaryana R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 9 G.Rama Reddy S/o.Abbulu R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. 10 P.Padmavathi W/o.Ramachandra Rao R/o. Gandepalli East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Union of India Rep. by its Secretary Department of Bio-Technology, Ministry of Agriculture New Delhi. 2 State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. By its Secretary Agriculture Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 M/s. I.T.C., Agro Tech Limited Rep. by its Managing Director 31, S.D.Road, Secunderabad. 4 Palm-Tech India Limited (Palm Tech) Rep. by its Managing Director Sarpavaram, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 5 M/s. KUPULAN EMAS BERHAD (K.EMAS). Rep. by its Managing Director Sarpavaram, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 6 A.P.Oil Fed, Rep. by its Managing Director Parisrama Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. .....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 issue a Writ, Order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to consider and pass positive orders with regard to the Petitioners application seeking licence for starting Palm Crude Extraction Unit at Gandepalli, East Godavari District or any other suitable place by the Petitioners, and their ilk, who have planted Palm Trees under the scheme Department of Bio- Technology far prior to the formation of the A.P.Oil Fed and enactment of Act 3 of 1993 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.SIVANANDA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P.NO.19112 OF 1999 ORDER: When the matter is taken up for hearing on 23.7.2008, none appears for the petitioners and therefore the matter is posted today under the caption “For Dismissal’. Even today also though the matter is listed under the caption “For Dismissal”, none appears for the petitioners and there is no representation on their behalf. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed for default. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ____________ 30.7.2008 kpr