HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION No:14262 OF 1998 Dated: 12.7.2006 Between: T. Mallikarjuna ..Petitioner And 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Secretary, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others ..Respondents. HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION No:14262 OF 1998 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the 4th respondent in initiating the proceedings vide Rc.No.A2/1215/98, dated 6.5.1998 for cancellation of the licence of the petitioner as arbitrary and also to declare the action of the respondents in proceeding further in pursuance of the proceedings dated 6.5.1998 for taking action under section 31(1)(b) of the A.P. Excise Act, as illegal and arbitrary and further to declare that the offence alleged against the petitioner is deemed to have been compounded as the respondents have accepted the compensation fee paid by the petitioner and consequently to set aside all further proceedings initiated in pursuance of the proceedings dated 6.5.1998. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel for the respondents contended that the duration of licence is only for a period of one year and as such, the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication and therefore, the petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari Date: 12th July, 2006 Nn/Gurc. HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI CIVIL REVISION PETITION No:744 OF 2005 28.1.2006