IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 4041 of 2004 Between: M/s. Aqua Kwality Packaged Drinking Water Products. rep by Managing Partner Mandapati Nagamani, W/o Nagireddy 36 years, R/o H. No. 1-83, Beerapally village, Vemsur Mandal, Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare dept of Health rep by Secretary (Health), New Delhi 2 The Gazetted Food Inspector, Local (Health) Authority, Khammam 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 any Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioner to stop manufacturing of mineral Water/packed drinking water till BIS certiﬁcate is obtained as illegal, arbitrary, capricious, unwarranted, violative of principles of natural justice and violative of Sec 14 of Bureau of India standards Act, 1986 and Consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the manufacturing process and business activities of the Writ Petition Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMI.WELFARE The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.4041 of 2004 ORDER: Though the matter is at interlocutory stage, having regard to the fact that the issue raised in the writ petition is squarely covered by common judgment dated 30.09.2004 in W.P.No.5086 of 2001 and batch, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that following the said judgment this writ petition can be disposed of. The question raised in this writ petition is whether the respondents are justiﬁed in insisting upon the petitioner to obtain BIS certiﬁcate for the mineral water/packaged drinking water produced or manufactured by it. In the judgment referred to hereinabove, a Division Bench of this Court negatived the plea of similar mineral water manufacturers and held that all mineral water plants are required to obtain BIS certiﬁcate under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. In view of this, this writ petition cannot be entertained. Accordingly, following the judgment referred to hereinabove, this writ petition is also dismissed. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 05th September, 2008 GHN To 1 The Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare dept of Health rep by Secretary (Health), New Delhi 2 The Gazetted Food Inspector, Local (Health) Authority, Khammam District 3 2CCs to GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMI.WELFARE 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}