IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.21622 of 2009 Between: Mr.B.Rama Raju ..... PETITIONER AND Securities and Exchange Board of India, SEBI Bhavan, Plot No.C-4A, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, rep.by its Chairman. .....RESPONDENT ORDER: The petitioner filed the writ petition praying the following substantive relief: “to issue a Writ, Order or Direction particularly one in the nature of a WRIT OF MANDAMUS restraining the respondent from proceeding with the Show Cause Notices IVD/SCSL/PKN/BM/156736/2009 dated March 09, 2009 and IVD/SCSL/PKN/BM/165018/2009 dated June 02, 2009 as the proceedings are in violation of principles of natural justice and in the circumstances declare that the Show Cause Notices issued by the respondent are illegal, arbitrary and void.” When the matter came up for consideration on 09.10.2009, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as the petitioner is in jail, he is not in a position to respond to the impugned show cause notices. This Court, therefore, while adjourning the matter to today at the request of the learned Standing Counsel for getting instructions, granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the respondent for not submitting his reply to the impugned show-cause notices, in time, by explaining the difficulties faced by him. Pursuant to the above, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he appeared before the respondent and represented the matter. Thereupon, the respondent passed the order, dated 10.10.2009, to the following effect: “6. In view of the agreement between the parties as recorded above, I direct as follows: (a) SEBI shall provide inspection of the documents relied upon in the Show Cause Notices, as mentioned in Para 4 above, to the representatives of Noticees Nos. 2 to 4 on 14.10.2009 at 11 AM in the SEBI office at Mumbai. (b) The Noticee Nos.2 to 4 shall submit their replies on merits to the Show Cause Notices by 31.10.2009. (c) The personal hearing with regard to the Show Cause Notices shall be held on 07.11.2009 at 10 AM in the SEBI office at Mumbai.” In view of the same, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that no further orders need be passed in the writ petition. In the circumstances, the writ petition is closed. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:13.10.2009 VGB