IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 2946 of 1999 Between: D.Suryanarayana Reddy, S/o. Obi Reddy, R/o. Nallamada Village, Anantapur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Anantapur. 4 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Anantapur. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring Rule 19 of the A.P.Excise (Indain and Foreign Liquor retail sale conditions of licence) Rules 1993 as illegal, arbitrary and the order of the 4th Respondent passed in Rc.No.302/98/A3 dated 12/09/1998 as illegal and arbitrary and pass such other or further orders as the Hon'ble Court feels deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.2946 of 1999 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. The interim order granted on 13-12-1999 stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J ________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Dated: 09-02-2009 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{PRASAD}