The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.28260 of 2011 Date: 27.10.2011 Between: Md.Iqbal ..... Petitioner AND The Deputy Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Ranga Reddy District, opp. Exhibition Grounds, Hyderabad and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.P.Prabhakar Reddy Counsel for respondent No.1: AGP for Prohibition & Excise Counsel for respondent No.2: AGP for Home The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in seizing the petitioner’s mini truck of Boleru make, bearing registration No.AP 28 TB 8279, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a direction to the respondents to release the said vehicle. I have heard Sri P.Prabhakar Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise representing respondent No.1 and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home representing respondent No.2. The petitioner’s mini truck referred to above was seized on 04-06-2011, when it was, allegedly, found transporting 80 blocks of Black Jaggery and 20 litres of ID liquor, belonging to one Syed Baba Hussani of Thattepalli Village. The petitioner made an application for release of the said vehicle on 30-06-2011. As respondent No.1 has not passed any order thereon, the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition. When this Writ Petition came up for admission on 18-10- 2011, this Court adjourned the case to enable the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise to get instructions on the stage of the proceedings, pending before respondent No.1. Today, at the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, on instructions, submitted that a showcause notice has already been issued to the petitioner in the proceedings initiated for confiscation of the subject vehicle and that the petitioner has already submitted his explanation thereto. Inasmuch as the enquiry is at an advanced stage, I do not find any reason to direct the release of the subject vehicle at this moment. Instead, it would be in the interest of justice that respondent No.1 completes the enquiry and passes a final order within a reasonable time. Accordingly, respondent No.1 is directed to complete the enquiry, pass appropriate order and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, WPMP.No.34890 of 2011, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 27th October, 2011 Note: Furnish CC in one week. (B/o) LUR