THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.22008 of 2009 Date: 29.10.2009 Between: Smt. Kakarla Atchamamba Kakinada and two others. .... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, East Godavari District, Kakinada and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the fifth respondent in granting licence to the seventh respondent to run a wine shop, as illegal and arbitrary. According to the petitioners, the seventh respondent cannot run the wine shop pursuant to the said licence granted contrary to the rules framed under the A.P. Prohibition and Excise Act, 1995. The fifth respondent failed to notice that there is a school, church and Tahsildar Office situated within the radius of 50 meters from the wine shop. The people are consuming liquor sitting on the compound walls of the petitioners, creating lot of nuisance in the locality, and there is no security to their personal lives especially the housewives and school going children. Therefore, the petitioners approached the fifth respondent and gave a representation on 31.07.2008, but so far no orders have been passed on the said representation. Heard both sides. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the fifth respondent to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 31.07.2008, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J Date: 29.10.2009 va