IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.23751 of 2002 Between: Minerva Talkies, rep.by its Managing Partner P.Venkata Doss and 5 others ..... PETITIONERS AND The Union of India, Rep.by its Secretary for Information & Broadcasting, Union of Sachivalaya, New Delhi and 3 others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.23751 of 2002 O R D E R: The petitioners seek to issue a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 4th respondent in requiring the petitioners to pay the arrears and insisting them to exhibit INDIAN NEWS REVIEW FILMS by compulsorily entering into agreement as bad, without jurisdiction, illegal and arbitrary. This Court, on 28.11.2002, while admitting the writ petition, passed an interim direction to the respondents not to insist for payment of rentals from 1996 to 1999 towards exhibition of approved short films in the petitioners’ theatres. In view of the said interim order, no orders need be passed in the present writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of, in terms of the interim order dated 28.11.2002. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 30.07.2010 Dsr