IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P.Nos.7136, 7137, 7142, 7144, 7149, 7155, 7165, 7156 and 7202 WRIT PETITION NO : 7136 of 2009 Between: M/s. Venkateshwara Jaggery Merchant, H.NO.1-66, Main Road, Dindi Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District, rep. by A. Lakshminarayana, S/o. Venkaiah, aged 52 Yrs, Occ: Business, R/o. Narketpally, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Dindi Police Station, Nalgonda District. 2 The Station House Officer, Devarakonda Police Station, Nalgonda District. 3 The Station House Officer, Vangoor Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District. 4 The Station House Officer, Kalwakurthy Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District. 5 The Station House Officer, Midjil Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District. 6 The Station House Officer, Jadcherla Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District. 7 The Prohibition & Excise Inspector, Prohibition & Excise Station, Devarakonda, Nalgonda District. 8 The Superintendent of Prohibition & Excise, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District. 9 The Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 10 The Superintendent of Police, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allowing the petitioner to carry on business of jaggery and alum and also the action of the respondents in placing restrictions upon the business of the petitioner which inclusive of sale and purchase of Jaggery, Alum and Kirana as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the business of the petitioner in Jaggery, Alum and Kirana. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA W.P.Nos.7136, 7137, 7142, 7144, 7149, 7155, 7165, 7156 and 7202 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners in all these writ petitions are carrying business in Black Jaggery and Alum under their respective certificates of registration issued by the respective Commercial Tax Officers. They filed these writ petitions questioning the action of the respondents in not allowing them to carry on their business in jaggery and alum and also placing restrictions upon their business in regard to sale and purchase of jaggery, alum and kirana. Today, when the matters are taken up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.19706 of 2000 dated 12.11.2001. It is also submitted by the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise that pursuant to the said judgment, the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise has issued a circular No.4294/DPF/2001/CS dated 22.12.2001 directing the excise officials to follow certain instructions and they are strictly adhering to the said circular instructions. In the circumstances, following the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.19706 of 2000 dated 12.11.2001 the writ petitions are disposed of in terms of the said judgment and the respondents are directed to strictly adhere to the instructions given in circular dated 22.12.2001 issued by the Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, A.P. Hyderabad. N.V.RAMANA,J Dated 7.4.2009 msv