IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19163 of 2002 Between: M/s. Sensation Cinema, rep., by its Proprietrix Manjula Varsheney, Khairatabad, Hyderabad & another. … Petitioners AND The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Rep., by its Commissioner, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Mrs. Ashok K. Gahlotee for Sri V. Venkataramana This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19163 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to grant fresh trade license in favour of the petitioners in the name of Manjula Varsheney, W/o. late Raj Kumar Gupta for running canteens and eating house in the premises of the petitioners’ cinema halls at 6-1-1057, Khairtabad, Hyderabad. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. No one appeared for the respondents. The grievance of the petitioners raised in this writ petition is that in spite of their applying for granting fresh trade license for running canteens in the premises of their cinema theatres due to death of the original licensee Roop Kishore Gupta, the respondents have not been taking any steps in that regard. It is stated in the affidavit that Smt. Manjula Varsheney, wife of late Raj Kumar Gupta is willing to pay the necessary fees and comply with all other requirements for issue of a trade license for running canteen. No counter affidavit is filed nor any one is present to resist the prayer made in this writ petition. Having regard to the averments contained in the affidavit referred to above and in the absence of a counter-affidavit controverting the averments contained in the affidavit, I do not find any reason not to accept the request of the petitioners. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to consider the request of the petitioners for grant of trade license for running canteens, if the petitioners make an appropriate application under the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955 and comply with all the required legal formalities. The respondents shall take a decision within two weeks of the petitioners making such application. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 11.02.2009 ES