IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 7699 of 2003 Between: 1 P. Hemalatha W/o P. Shanmukha Rao M/s Ranjanim Wines, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 2 S. Narayana Rao S/o Pothanna M/s S.N. Beer and Wines, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 3 S. Appala Raju S/o Tata Rao M/s Kanaka Mahalakshmi Wines, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 4 G. Chamundeswara Rao S/o Babu Rao M/s Tulasi Wines, Chandrapalem, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Res. No. 1 in issuing the proceeding Notification No. 29/2003 dt. 17-4-2003 calling for granting IL-24 licences for 4 shops at Chinagadili Mandal, Madhurawada Village, belonging to the petitioners as illegal, improper, arbitrary, unreasonable and set aside the same, by directing the respondents to renew the licence of the petitioners for 2003-2004 on payment of licence fee as per the Notification dt. 17-4-2003 and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.MADHUSUDANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.7699 of 2005 ORDER: The matter relates to renewal of licence for the lease year 2003-04. As the lease period itself has been over, the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 31-03-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SRAVAN}