HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.25428 of 1995 14-03-2006 Between: V.Basava Purnaiah and others … Petitioners and State of A.P. rep. by its Chief Secretary to the Government, Excise Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.25428 of 1995 ORDER: The petitioners seek to challenge the provisions of Sections 13 and 15 of the Amendment Act 35 of 1995 by which Clause (iii) in sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the Principal Act viz., Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995 was sought to be deleted and consequent direction to restore the said Clause in the Principal Act. The effect of the amendment is that the provision relating to the permits to be issued for consumption of liquor on the basis of medical advice or on medical grounds, as the case may be, has been deleted. Having regard to the fact that the Principal Act viz., Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995 has since been repealed, the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication. The writ petition is therefore dismissed without any order as to costs. 14-03-2006 bsc