THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.22910, 22911, 22912, 22913, 22915, 22916, 22917, 22918 and 22919 of 2007 Date:07.07.2011 Between: Sri Vaishnavi Industries and others ..... Petitioners AND Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri S. Ramesh for Sri C.R.Sridharan Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: -- Counsel for Respondent Nos.3 and 4: Sri P.S.P.Suresh Kumar The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: This batch of writ petitions pertains to validity of the action of the respondents in seeking to apply notification No.38 (RE-2007)/2004- 20009 dated 15.10.2007 issued by respondent No.1. The grievance of the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions is that the said notification, which clamped a ban on export of non- basmati rice from this country, is sought to be given retrospective operation in case of consignments which have already reached the respective ports for export. This Court, by interim orders dated 30.10.2007, permitted the petitioners to export. Sri P.S.P. Suresh Kumar, learned counsel for respondent Nos.3 and 4, while relying upon the averments contained in the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.3, placed before the Court a copy of office memorandum dated 25.10.2007 issued by the Government of India, wherein it is inter alia provided as under: “3. Accordingly the following would be the course of action”- (ii) Export of rice, brought into port godowns for export till 10.10.2007; as certified by port authorities; may be allowed as laid down vide notification No.43 (RE-2007) by 2004-2009, dated 24.10.2007 (copy enclosed); (iii) Policy Circular No.15 (RE-07) by 2004-2009 dated 19th Oct., 2007 (copy enclosed) lays down in terms of Para 9.12 of the Handbook of procedures Vol.I (RE-2007) by 2004- 2009, that where consignments are already handed over to customs for examination and subsequent exports up to 10.10.2007, the same would be allowed to be exported” The learned counsel submitted that he has received written instructions on 05.07.2011 that in pursuance of the interim orders granted by this Court, all the petitioners were allowed to sail out the rice through vessel Mv ATADURU on 03.11.2007. He further submitted that having regard to the above Circular which permits export of the rice brought into port godowns up to 10.10.2007 and also interim order on the strength of which the rice of the petitioners were permitted to be exported, the cause in these writ petitions does not survive for adjudication. Having regard to the above, all these Writ Petitions are disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of these Writ Petitions, all the pending interlocutory applications in these writ petitions shall stand disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 07th July, 2011 GHN