THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.29781 of 2011 Dated 09th November, 2011 Between: N.Sravan Kumar Goud …Petitioner And The Deputy Commissioner, Prohibition & Excise Department, Mahabubnagar Circle, at Mahabubnagar Town & District and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri V.Venugopala Rao Counsel for respondents: AGP for Prohibition & Excise The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.1 in entertaining the appeal along with the application for suspension of order, dated 24.10.2011, of respondent No.2, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to respondent No.1 to entertain the appeal and the stay application. The petitioner’s A4 licence was suspended by respondent No.2 by order, dated 24.10.2011. Even though specific pleadings have not been raised, the petitioner has filed a copy of the appeal stated to have been received by respondent No.1 on 31.10.2011 along with the stay application. At the hearing, Sri V.Venugopala Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, while stating that no order has been passed on the stay application filed by the petitioner, sought to advance submissions on the merits of the order passed by respondent No.2. Since the said order is subject matter of a statutory appeal, the petitioner is not entitled to question its validity by invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to consider the interim stay application stated to have been filed by the petitioner for suspension of the order of respondent No.2 and dispose of the same within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.36892 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 09th November, 2011 Note: Issue CC in three days. (b/o) VGB