IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NOS : 23983, 23984M 23987 of 2007 WP. NO. 23983 OF 2007: Between: M.Prabhavati @ Devika W/o Raghava Reddy ..... Petitioner AND 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, rep. By its Secretary. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor 3. The Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4. The Deputy Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Chittoor 5. The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Tirupathi, Chittoor 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 may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the notification issued by the 2nd respondent published in District Gazette, Chittoor No. 218/2007 dated: 9-11-2007 pending disposal of the revision before the 1st respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the revision filed by the petitioner. WRIT PETITION NO : 23984 of 2007 Between: A.Subba Rami Reddy S/o. Beeki Reddy ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Secretary. 2 The District Collector, Chittoor. 3 The Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Chittoor. 5 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Tirupati, Chittoor 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 may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the notification issued by the 2nd respondent published in District Gazette, Chittoor No. 218/2007 dated 9.11.2007 pending disposal of the revision before the 1st respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the revision filed by the petitioner WRIT PETITION NO : 23987 of 2007 Between: M.Loknath Reddy S/o M.Govinda Reddy ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Secretary. 2 The District Collector, Chittoor. 3 The Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Chittoor. 5 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Tirupati, Chittoor 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 may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the notification issued by the 2nd respondent published in District Gazette, Chittoor No. 218/2007 dated 9.11.2007 pending disposal of the revision before the 1st respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the revision filed by the petitioner These petitions coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petitions and the affidavits filed herein, and upon hearing the arguments of Sri O.Manohar Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners in all the petitions and of the G.P. for Prohibition and Excise, for the Respondents in all the petitions, the Court made the following ORDER: “The learned Government Pleader for excise seeks a weeks time to secure instructions in these matters. Post all the three cases in the motion list on 20-11-2007. In the meantime, the proposed auction of the licenses for all the three places in these writ petitions be not finalised. It is open to the State Government to consider the application, seeking interim relief of the writ petitioners in the pending revisions.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The District Collector, Chittoor. 3 The Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Commissioner for Prohibition and Excise, Chittoor. 5 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Tirupati, Chittoor District. (Addressees 1 to 5 BY RPAD) 6. Two CCs to G.P. for Prohibition and Excise, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT). 7. One CC to Sri O.Manoher Reddy, Advocate (OPUC). 8. One Spare Copy HIGH COURT AB DRAFTED ON 13-11-2007 NRRJ DATE:,13-11-2007 NOTE: POST ON 20-11-2007 ORDER WP. NOS. 23983, 23984 AND 23987 OF 2007 DIRECTION