IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 9602 of 2009 Between: 1 M/s Sai Vinith Traders General Merchants and Commission Agent, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by its Kura Lakshmi, W/o. Srinivas, aged 32 years, Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 2 M/s Sravathi Traders Jaggery and General and Commission Agent, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by its Pata Ramesh, S/o. Gangaiah, aged 43, Occ:Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 3 M/s Yogesh Traders General Merchants and Commission Agent, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by its M.PUrushtham, S/o. Anjaneyulu,aged 40, Occ:Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 4 M/s Sriram Traders Jaggery General Merchants and Commi., Agent, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by its M.Krishna Murthy, S/o. Balaiah, aged 48, Occ:Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 5 M/s Jalagam Limba Rao and Company, Jaggery General Merchan., Commi., Agent, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by M.Ram Chandar Rao, S/o. Kishan Rao,aged 50, Occ:Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 6 M/s nagunuri Venkatesham, Renikindi Kistaiah, Genral Merc., Commi., Agent, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by N.Ashok, S/o. Venkatesham, aged 42, Occ:Business, R/o. Karareddy, Nizamabad District. 7 M/s renikindi Dattaiah and Sons, General Merchants and Commission Agents, Gandhi Gunj, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, Rep by Renikindi Prakash, S/o. Dattaiah,Aged 52, Occ: Business, R/o. Kamareddy, Nizamabad District., ..... PETITIONERS AND .....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 interfering with business of the petitioners i.e, sale, purchase, transportation of black jaggery and alum from one place to another where by resorting to seizure of black jaggery and alum together with vehicle during the transit and also the action of the respondent in placing restrictions upon the sale, purchase and transportation of black jaggery, Alum from one place to another by the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and violative Article 19 (1)(G) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the business of the petitioners in black jaggery, Alum, and transportation of black jaggery. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners stating that they are residents of Kamareddy and Bhiknoor in Nizamabad District and carrying on business in Black Jaggery and Alum basing. It is also stated that they are all Commission Agents working in Agricultural Market Committee, Kamareddy, Nizamabad and are doing the business basing on the licence granted by the Agricultural Market Committee, Kamareddy. They filed this writ petition 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 petition is 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 by the Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, A.P. Hyderabad. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt 1.5.2009