IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 32020 of 1997 Between: Gangireddy Raghava Reddy S/o. Raji Reddy R/o. Mancherial Village and Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector and Magistrate, Adilabad District. 3 The Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise Adilabad. 4 The Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise, Adilabad. .....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs, order or direction, declaring the action of the Respondents in demanding an amount of Rs. 72808/- from the petitioner pursuant to notice dt 14-10-97 in Procgs.No.B/2466/97 on the file of the 3rd Respondent as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and to consequently hold that the petitioner is not liable to pay the rentals for the period from 18-4-97 to 12-6-97 ; Award costs. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.K.RAGHUVEER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: Questioning the impugned notice dated 14-10-97 in Procgs.No.B/2466/97 issued by the 3rd Respondent in demanding an amount of Rs. 72808/- from the petitioner, the present writ petition is filed. It is represented by the learned Government Pleader that the petitioner himself has paid the demanded amount of Rs.72,808/- in January 1998 and therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition. Recording the above submission of the learned Government Pleader, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 5.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector and Magistrate, Adilabad District. 3 The Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise Adilabad. 4 The Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise, Adilabad. 5 Two CCs to the G.P. for Proh. & Excise, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 6 Two CD copies.