HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14484 of 2002 Dated 23rd August, 2007 Between Sri Venkateswara Talkies, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Rep. By its Partner, Ch.Radhakrishna …Petitioner and The Joint Collector and Licensing Authority, Guntur District, and, anr. …Respondents. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14484 of 2002 ORDER: The petitioner, a cinema theatre in Mangalagiri, has filed this Writ Petition questioning the order dated 3-8-2002 in Proceedings in Rc.No.1482/2002-C1, passed by the Joint Collector -licencing authority, suspending the licence of the petitioner on the ground that it had allowed more number of persons than the permitted capacity into the auditorium and also on the ground that they are not maintaining the toilets neatly. At the stage of admission, this Court had granted interim order on 8-8-2002 and the said order continued all along. It is the case of the petitioner that there was no proper count of the persons in the auditorium, and, as much as the petitioner was paying entertainment tax under the slab system, there was no loss of revenue to the government as alleged. The said averment of the petitioner is not controverted by the respondents by filing any counter affidavit, though the matter is pending consideration for the last five years. Even with regard to the other ground that the petitioner was not using Naphthalene balls in urinal section, and the petitioner was using only phenoil, having regard to the instructions issued in this regard, it is not such a serious allegation to suspend the licence itself. In that view of the matter, the order under challenge, dated 3-8-2002 is quashed. The Writ Petition is allowed. No order as to costs. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 23-8-2007 Msnr.