IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15848 of 2008 Between: Kumar Mess rep.by its Proprietor Mr.B.Praveen Kumar,S/o.Jullian D.No.16-10-20 Lakshmana Rao Street, Purnanadampet,Vijayawada,Krishna District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Municipal Corporation of Vijayawada Vijayawada,Krishna District rep.by its Commissioner 2 Mr.K.Bapaiah S/o.Seetharamaiah, D.No.74-6/7-1/2 Nethaji Road Ayyappa Nagar Vijayawada,Krishna District .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate writ or order more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not issuing the trade liecnce in favour of the WP after collecting necessary fees is illegal, arbitrary and also violative of Article 19(1) (g)of the constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI.M.KARIBASAIAH Counsel for the Respondent No.: The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner who is a tenant of the premises owned by K.Bapaiah-2nd respondent. He has been running a mess in the said premises. The officials of the 1st respondent-Corporation advised the petitioner to apply for trade licence. Therefore, he submitted an application on 25.6.2008 for trade licence. Since there being no action on the application, he approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and perused the material brought on record. Since the relief sought for in this writ petition is only direction to the 1st respondent to consider the application, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the 1st respondent to consider the application filed by the petitioner seeking trade licence and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible. No costs. _____________ 23-07-2008 Note: Issue CC by three days. (BO) rkk