IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20111 of 2008 BETWEEN M/s. Raparthi Sarojani Flour Mill. ... PETITIONER AND The Station House Officer, Police Station, Asifabad, Adilabad District. ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. V. RAVI KIRAN RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following order: ORDER: Petitioner, proprietor of flour mill, alleging that there is interference in her business by the respondent filed this writ petition in the year 2008. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that she is having necessary permission to run the flour mill but only at the instance of her rival traders, on the ground that she is not having required clearance from the Environmental Engineer of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, the respondent is directing her to close down the flour mill. 3. At the stage of admission, this Court by order dated 16.09.2008 while issuing notice before admission directed the respondent not to interfere with business activities of the petitioner without following due process of law. Though the writ petition is of the year 2008, no counter is filed by the respondent contraverting any of the allegations of the petitioner. 4. It has to be noticed that even if the petitioner does not possess requisite clearance from the Pollution Control Board, it is for the Environmental Department to take appropriate action by issuing notice but the respondent has no jurisdiction to direct the petitioner to close down the mill on that ground. 5. Taking into account the interim order passed by this Court on 16.09.2008, which has been in force since then and in the absence of the counter affidavit by the respondent, I deem it appropriate to direct the respondent not to interfere with the running of the flour mill by the petitioner. However, it is made clear that this order will not preclude any of the authorities to take appropriate action in accordance with law if the petitioner does not possess any requisite licence. With the directions, as above, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J September 22, 2011 DSK