HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 21106 OF 2010 DATED 4th OCTOBER, 2010. BETWEEN Tadlapu Sathi Raju ….Petitioner And The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Government of AP, Hyderabad and ors …… Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO. 21106 OF 2010 ORDER: Questioning the action of the second respondent in granting A-4 licence to the third respondent for location of liquor shop adjacent to the Bhavanarayana Swamy Temple, without considering the objections of the residents of the locality, this Writ Petition is filed. It is stated that pursuant to the granting of A-4 licence, the third respondent located the liquor shop adjacent to the Bhavanarayana Swamy temple in Sarpavaram village of Kakinada Rural Mandal. It is stated that as per Rule 27 of the A.P. Excise (Lease of Right of Selling by Shop and Conditions of Licence ) Rules, 2005, the proposed place of liquor shop should be at least 100 meters away from the place of public worship, educational institutions, hospitals and 50 meters away from the high ways. It is further stated that inasmuch as the location of the third respondent shop is within the prohibited distance, the petitioner and the other locality people submitted a detailed representation to the respondents on 12.7.2010 explaining the diﬃculties that are being faced by the residents. It is the grievance of the petitioner that despite submitting the representation ventilating the diﬃculties being faced by the locality people due to the location of the liquor shop by the third respondent, the second respondent, being the Licensing authority, has not taken any action so far. Hence this Writ Petition. A detailed counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled on behalf of the second respondent. It is stated in the counter aﬃdavit that the representation submitted by the petitioner and others was considered in the light of Rule 27 of the A.P. Excise (Lease of Right of Selling by Shop and Conditions of Licence) Rules, 2005, and found that the grant of licence at D.No.2061 of Sarpavaram is in conformity with the rules. It is stated that pursuant to the instructions of the Assistant Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, Kakinada, the V.R.O., Sarpavaram, and Surveyor, Kakinada Rural Mandal measured the distance between the A-4 licence shop of the third respondent and Sri Bhavannarayana Swamy Temple under Rule 27(3) of the A.P. Excise (Lease of Right of Selling by Shop and Conditions of Licence ) Rules, 2005, and found the distance at 119.5 meters, i.e. above 100 meters. It is also stated that the petitioner refused to sign on the mediators report drafted in connection with the measurement taken on 9.9.2010 in the presence of the Station House Oﬃcer, Kakinada (North), VRO, Sarpvaram, and Surveyor, Kakinada Rural Mandal. Inasmuch as the location of the A-4 licence shop of the third respondent is in conformity with the Rule 27 of the A.P. Excise (Lease of Right of Selling by Shop and Conditions of Licence ) Rules, 2005, I do not see any merit in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 4T H OCTOBER, 2010. Msnr