IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22873 of 2008 Between: M/s. Parijat Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd. Rep. by its Dir. Abhay Gupta, S/o. O.P. Vaish R/o. M-77, (1st & 2nd Floor), M-Block Market, Greater Kailash Part-II, New Delhi - 110 048. Factory at Village Mandhaur, Naraingarh Road, Ambala City - 134 003, Haryana, (India) ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner & Dir. of Agriculture Opp. L.B. Stadium, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. A.P. .....RESPONDENT 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 a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not considering the application dated 30-07-2008 made by the petitioner herein to sell insecticides / pesticides / weedicides, in the State of A.P., under Sec.13 read with Rule 10 (4A) of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequentially direct the respondent to consider the application dated 30-07-2008 made by the petitioner for permitting the petitioner herein to sell insecticides / pesticides / weedicides, in the State of A.P. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.V.BHASKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.22873 of 2008 O R D E R : This writ petition is ﬁeld seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioner’s application dated 30-07-2008 for grant of licence to sell insecticides/pesticides/weedicides under Section 13 read with Rule 10 (4A) of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 is arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for agriculture appearing for the respondent. Since the petitioner’s application is pending before the respondent, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement of the petitioner for grant of licence, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner dated 30-07-2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably with in a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 21-10-2008 KLP