The Hon’ble Sri Justice R.Subhash Reddy Writ Petition Nos.24852 & 25866 of 2003, 5117, 5118, 5247, 6623, 17487, 19080 & 18286 of 2004, 1, 841, 3866, 22174, 22181, 22184, 22186, 22190, 22929, 22934, 22994, 23581 & 23582 of 2005 ORDER: These writ petitions were filed by the petitioner-sugar industries, when they were not allowed to sell the free-sale sugar during the sugar cane crushing years 2003-04 and 2004-05. 2. When the matters are taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned Counsel for petitioners that pursuant to the interim orders passed by this Court on 27-11-2003, the petitioners were permitted to sell the free-sale sugar. The learned Counsel for petitioners has also produced a copy of the final order dated 10-03-2008, passed in an identical matter in Writ Petition No.18228 of 2004. 3. As much as the petitioners were allowed to sell the sugar pursuant to the interim orders, these writ petitions are disposed of, directing the respondents not to take any steps for prosecution of petitioners for sale of levy/free-sale sugar. 4. Writ petitions are accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ R.Subhash Reddy, J Dated 29th October, 2009 lur/ajr