IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 30901 of 1997 Between: M/s Shakti Enterprises Storage & Business Place rep by Mr. Ramesh Darak Proprietor, S.y No.24, Ganeshpur Village, Nayakal Mandal, Zaheerabad Tq. , Medak Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise , Andhra Pradesh , Hyderabad. 2 Excise Superintendent Prohibition & Excise , Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Prohibition & Excise Superintendent , Sanga Reddy, Medak district. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the respondents have no jurisdiction to impose any restriction on the petitioner regarding purchase, transport, possession and sale of Molasses and demanding the administrative charges at the rate of Rs.25/- per Metric Tonne should be collected on Molasses purchased and transported from Andhra Pradesh to other states and the insistence on taking an escort with each tanker lorry transporting Molasses by the petitioner are illegal, and without jurisdiction apart from being violative of Art. 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.KOKA RAGHAVA RAO (not present) Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. The learned Government Pleader submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 5.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise , Andhra Pradesh , Hyderabad. 2 Excise Superintendent Prohibition & Excise , Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Prohibition & Excise Superintendent , Sanga Reddy, Medak district. 4 Two CCs to the G.P. for Proh. & Excise, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.