IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11622 of 2009 Between: M/s. Makhteshim - Agan India Pvt. Ltd. Rep. by its Manager (PRRA) D. Srinivasa Rao, R/o. flat No.203, Sai Dilkush Apartments, Paltan, Malakpet, Hyderabad - 500 036. Regd. Office at 104, Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, Maharashtra. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner & Director of Agriculture Opp: L.B. Stadium, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.BHASKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent:AGP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in considering application, dated 01.05.2009 filed by the petitioner for permission to sell insecticides/pesticides/weedicides in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Section 13 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (for short ‘the Act’) read with Rule 10 (4A) of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (for short ‘the Rules’) as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. The petitioner claims to be a manufacturer of pesticides, insecticides etc., having its principal place of business in the State of Maharashtra. In order to expand its business activities, it claims to have made application, dated 01.05.2009 to the respondent by enclosing all necessary documents in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the Act and the Rules to permit it to sell its products in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the application is pending before the respondent since 01.05.2009, no orders have been passed so far. Since I find justification in the grievance of the petitioner against non-disposal of its application, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application in terms of the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the Act and the Rules, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main writ petition, WPMP.No.14975 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 16th JUNE, 2009. kvni