IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26679 of 1999 Between: Dr.S.N.V.Rajakumar, S/o. Sri S.Nagendra Rao, Residing at Denduluru, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department, Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad - 500 002. 2 The Additional Director of Drugs, Rajahmundry - 533 101. East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, declaring that the petitioner is a registered Medical Practioner Under Rule 2(ee) of the Drugs and Cosmotic Rules, 1945, and pass such other or furtyher order or orders, as are deemed fit and proper in the cicumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.V.SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMI.WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26679 of 1999 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that he possessed bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery degree course from Nagarjuna University in the year 1990 and he is entitled to practice in the general medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics and family planning. It is stated that as there were some Ayurvedic doctors practicing without having requisite qualification, police conducted raids on the fake Doctors in the West Godavari District and also inspected the petitioner’s clinic and insisted the petitioner not to practice general medicine. It is stated that the petitioner has got a decree to practice general medicine also and, therefore, there cannot be any justification on the part of the respondents in preventing him from practicing general medicine. A counter has been filed by respondents 1 and 2 denying the said allegations stating that though the clinic of the petitioner was inspected on 15-11-1999, they have not found any drugs in the said premises and did not observe any violations of drugs and cosmetics Act, 1940 and they have not interfered with the work of the petitioner. In view of denial of all the allegations made in affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, I am of the opinion that no orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. However, it is made clear that if there is any violation, it is always open for the respondents to take appropriate action, after giving reasonable opportunity to the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 24-07-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD}