THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26681 OF 2006 DATED: 14-06-2007 BETWEEN Smt. P. Saraswati, W/o. Nukaraju, R/o. D.No.2-144, Rayudupalem, Ramanaihpet Grampanchayat, Kakinada Rural Mandal, East Godavari District. …PETITIONER AND The Commissioner of Prohibition And Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and three others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in proposing to grant Form 2-B (Restaurant and Bar) licence in favour of the fourth respondent as illegal and arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act and Rules. 2. Learned Government Pleader for Excise appearing for the respondents submits that no licence has been granted so far and there is no scope for the grant of licence in the middle of the year. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed with a liberty to the petitioner to question the action of the respondents as and when they propose to grant licence contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act and Rules. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J June 14, 2007 DSK