IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10748 of 2009 Between: M/s. Mateswari Pesticides, rep. by its Authorised Signatory S.K. Khadar Basha, S/o. S.K. Alli Saheb R/o.D.No. 5-60-40/2A, Cobalpet, 5th Lane, Shopping Complex Upstairs, Guntur-522 001, Regd. Office at 158, Achronda Industrial Estate, Partapur, Meerut-250 103, Uttar Pradesh. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner & Director of Agriculture, Opp. L.B. Stadium, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, A.P. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.BHASKAR REDDY ORDER: The only grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that the respondent has not been disposing of its application, dated 01.05.2009 filed for permission to sell insecticides/pesticides/weedicides in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Section 13 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (for short ‘the Act’) and Rule 10(4A) of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (for short ‘the Rules’). Since I find justification in the grievance of the petitioner against non-disposal of its application, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application in terms of the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the Act and the Rules, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.13806 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 2nd JUNE, 2009. kvni