IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15246 of 2008 Between: Sai Restaurant & Bar D.No. 16-5-19, Kandukur Municipality, Prakasam District. Rep. by its Licencee Sri Podapati Srinivasa Rao S/o. Malakondaiah, aged 36 yrs, Occ: Business, R/o. Kondamudusupalem Village, Kandukur Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise Government of Andhra Pradesh, (Excise Bhavan), J.N. ARoad, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Markapuram, Prakasam District. 3 The Inspector of Prohibition and Excise, Kandukur Circle at Kandukur, Prakasam District. .....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 order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in not sanctioning (accord) permission to the petitioner for running Bar and Restaurant at D.No./ 16-5-19 in the name of Sai Restaurant & Bar, Kandukur Municipality , Prakasam District and also in not considering the application for sanction of Bar dt. 20-6-2008 as illegal, arbitrary and against the Principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st and 2nd respondent to grant licence for running of Sai Restaurant & Bar, Kandukur Municipality , Prakasam District, and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.SAI RAM GOUD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15246 of 2008 ORDER: The writ petition is filed on a grievance that the petitioner’s application for II-B licence for running a bar and restaurant at D. No. 16-5-19, Kandukuru Municipality, has not been considered and disposed of by the respondents. It is represented by the learned Government Pleader for Excise at the hearing, that by an order dated 25.7.2008 bearing Rc. No. 7576/2008/CPE/T3, the 1st respondent has rejected the petitioner’s application for grant of Form II-B licence, a copy of which has also been furnished to the learned counsel for the petitioner. In the circumstances, the substantive grievance in the writ petition does not survive. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. The petitioner is however at liberty to pursue the remedies against the order dated 25.7.2008. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J DATE: 30th July, 2008 pnb