IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 8999 of 2009 Between: Sri Malleswari Star TV and Relay Programmes, House Thota, Bucchireddypalem Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District, Rep. by its Manager, M. Suresh Kumar, S/o. Venaktaswamy, Aged about 33 Years. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 District Collector and Authorized Officer for Cable TV Networks Collector Office, Sri Potti Sriramulu, Nellore District, Nellore. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kavali, PSR Nellore District. 3 M/s. Raja Rajeswari Channels Plot No. 406 and 408, Radhakrishna, Near A.C. Stadium, Nellore, PSR Nellore District. Run by S. Suresh Reddy. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or direction declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not taking any action on the application dated 1-3-2009 of the petitioner as illegal arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to consider the application of the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.V.RAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 8999 of 2009 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of 1st respondent in not taking any action on the application dated 1.3.2009 of the petitioner as arbitrary and illegal; consequently, to direct 1st respondent to consider the application of the petitioner. Petitioner is Sri Malleswari Star TV and Relay Programmes, Buchireddypalem, represented by its Manager M. Suresh Kumar. It is the case of the petitioner that one RR Channel, Nellore, without having any permission as per the Cable T.V. Network Regulation Act, 1995, planning to telecast the pay channels, namely, GEMINI, TEJA, GEMINI MUSIC and GEMINI NEWS Channels. Therefore, they have filed Petition No.238(c) of 2008 before Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, wherein the said R.R. Channel admitted that it has no permission for telecasting the above channels in Buchireddypalem. Now the grievance of the petitioner is that if the R.R. Channel – respondent No.3 is allowed to telecast the said channels, the petitioner and other cable operators of Buchireddypalem would suffer lot of financial damage and the workers also would be affected. Under those circumstances, a representation was made before 1st respondent on 1.3.2009, but the said representation is not disposed of till date. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent is directed to consider the representation purported to have been made by the petitioner on 1.3.2009, as per law, after putting the petitioner and other interested persons on notice and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU. Date: 21-8-2009. MVB.