IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA W.P.NOS. 21221, 21458, 23330, 23321, 24479, 24489, 28795, 28803, 28805 AND 28939 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO : 21221 of 2008 Between: Sri Ganesh Kirana Jaggery & Alam Merchants, Rep by its Prop. Deekonda Pandari, S/o. Ramulu, Shop No.3-44 and Godown No.4-26/1, Main Road, Dharmaram Village, and Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Proh. and Excise, karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 The Asst. Excise Superintendent, Godavarikhani, Karimnagr District., 3 The Station House officer, Prohibition and Excise Station, Peddapalli, karimnagar District. 4 The Station House Officer, Law & Order, Kharmaram P.S., Karimnagar 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 Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in harassing by interfering with the business of the petitioner in Black Jaggery and Alum under valid licences and also seizing the said jaggery and Alum and even though on production of bills and way bills evidencing that it was purchased under bills and transported under way bills and not allowing the petitioner to carry on business in Black Jaggery and Alum as illegal and arbitrary and without any authority of law and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere or in any manner seize the stocks Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.PALLENAGESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : 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 state that the Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, A.P., Hyderabad issued a circular dated 22.12.2001, in pursuance of the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.18378 of 2007 dated 13.8.2007, wherein the respondent authorities were directed not to interfere with the purchase and sale of Black Jaggery and Alum under proper bills. Despite the same, the respondent-authorities are interfering with their business activities. Hence, they filed these writ petitions with the following prayer. “to issue writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in harassing by interfering with the business of the petitioner in Black Jaggery and Alum under valid licence and also seizing the said jaggery and Alum and even though on production of bills and way bills evidencing that it was purchased under bills and transported under way bills and not allowing the petitioner to carry on business in Black Jaggery and Alum as illegal and arbitrary and without any authority of law and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere or in any manner seize the stocks.” Today, when the matters are taken up for consideration, the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise appearing for the respondents, on instructions, submitted that the respondents have not registered any case against the petitioners and that they are neither interfering with the business activities of the petitioners nor harassing them. Recording the said statement of the learned Government Pleader, the writ petitions are closed. However, the respondents are directed to strictly adhere to the circular dated 22.12.2001 issued by the Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, A.P. Hyderabad, in pursuance of the orders of this Court in W.P.No.18378 of 2007 dated 13.8.2007. N.V.RAMANA,J Dated 19.3.2009 Msv/va