IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.16013 of 2008 Date: 7th December, 2010 Between: B.Venkata Subba Reddy .. Petitioner And Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.16013 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the third respondent in granting Form 2B licence No.1/2008- 09 dated 23.6.2008 for Bar and Restaurant to the sixth respondent contrary to Rule 6 (V) of A.P. Excise (Grant of Licence of selling by Bar and Conditions of Licence) Rules, 2005 as arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity of going into all the details. This Court, while admitting the writ petition on 28.7.2008, granted interim suspension of the impugned order. It appears, during the pendency of writ petition, in the month of February 2009, the rule was amended deleting the requirement of obtaining No Objection Certificate from the local authorities for sale of liquor etc. Thereafter, petitioner appears to have filed an application on 7.2.2009 for grant of licence and licence was granted in his favour on 11.2.2009. Under those circumstances, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication. Therefore, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 7.12.2010 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.16013 of 2008 7.12.2010