HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.28427 of 2009 Date: June 17, 2010 Between: M. Sarotham Reddy, S/o. Narsimha Reddy, Aged about 40 years, Occ: business, R/o.Warangal, A4 licensee of M/s.Ratna Wines, H.No.13-4079, Warangal … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Dept. of Revenue (Excise), Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and four others … Respondents Order: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned proceedings Cr.No.7967/2009/CPE/G3, dated 2-12-2009, issued by the second respondent, Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Hyderabad, granting prior clearance, for grant of licence for establishment of a bar and restaurant in favour of the fifth respondent herein. When the matter is taken up, it is submitted by learned counsel for the parties that during the pendency of the writ petition, Form-2B licence has also been issued in favour of the fifth respondent and thus the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous, reserving liberty to the petitioner to question the grant of licence in favour of the fifth respondent. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J June 17, 2010 MRR