IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO. 2140 of 1995 Between: 1 Smt. Vemula Anjamma, W/o. Rajashekar. H.No. 3-7-88, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 2 Gavvala Parvathamma, W/o. Narayana. H.No. 3-7-70, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 0 3 Shankesham Ramulu, S/o. Govind. H.No. 3-7-69, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 0 4 Ande Krishnamurthy, S/o. Ramulu. H.No. 3-7-62, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 5 Sunch Veerender, S/o. Suryanarayana. H.No. 3-7-63, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 6 Nallavelli Gauraiah, S/o. Kistaiah. H.No. 3-7-82, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 7 Gande Annamma, W/o. Narayana. H.No. 3-7-80, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 8 Md.Abdul Hafeez, S/o. Mahboob Ali. H.No. 3-7-6, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 9 Khasam Laxminarayan, S/o. Venkaiah. H.No. 3-7-89, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 10 Kasam Sukumar, S/o. Laxminarayana. H.No. 3-7-89/1 Jangoam Town, Warangal. 11 K.Anand, S/o. Laxminarayana. H.No. 3-7-89/2, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 12 Gande Shankaraiah, S/o. Venkata Rajaiah. H.No. 3-7-101, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 13 Chanda Koteswara Rao, S/o. Somanadham. H.No. 3-7-102, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 14 G.Premlatha Reddy, W/o. Abba Reddy. H.No. 3-7-78, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 15 Valabhoju Chakrapani, S/o. Sheshaiah. H.No. 3-7-79/1 Jangoam Town, Warangal. 16 Arutla Ananth Reddy, S/o. Narayana Reddy. H.No. 3-7-38, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 17 P.Jamuna, W/o. P.Lingaiah. H.No. 3-7-75, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 18 Koluthuru Balram, S/o. Laxmaiah. H.No. 1-7-75, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 19 Rajeshekar Balkar, S/o.Sangappa Balker. H.No. 3-8-80/2 Jangoam Town, Warangal. 20 Killa Venkatesham, S/o. Chandraiah. H.No. 1-7-27, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 21 Kandukuri Laxminarayana, S/o. Vaikuntam. H.No. 1-4-87, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 22 Yarava Inna Reddy, S/o. Shou Reddy. H.No. 3-9-67, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 23 Bedida Maisaiah, S/o. Aagaiah. H.No. 2-5-100, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 24 Manchala Shankar, S/o. Laxmaiah. H.No. 3-5-40, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 25 V.Prabhakarachari, S/o. Pullaiah. 26 Thokala Prasad, S/o. Das. H.No. 2-7-167, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 27 Vadiyala Venkata Reddy, S/o. Narayana Reddy. H.No. 3-7-61, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 28 Amrutham Janardhan, S/o. Ram Sattaiah. H.No. 3-5-2, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 29 Chakrala Balaiah, S/o. Ramaswamy. H.No. 2-11-67, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 30 Girimella Kistaiah, S/o. Rajaiah. H.No. 4-4-18, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 31 Sri Ramoju Rambrahmam, S/o. Sattaiah. H.No. 4-4-35, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 32 Udugula Narsing Rao, S/o. Ramaiah. H.No. 4-7-68, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 33 Chowda Krishna, S/o. Bhikshapati, H.No. 4-7-635, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 34 Bollam Srinivas, S/o. Ramaswamy. H.No. 4-7-41, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 35 Bodhuru Anil, S/o. Rafiq. H.No. 4-9-15, Jangoam Town, Warangal. 36 Rodda Yadagiri, S/o. Narsaiah. H.No. 4-7-42, Jangoam Town, Warangal. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector, Licencing Authority, Under Cinema (Regulation) Rules, Hanumakonda, Warangal. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal. 3 The Commissioner, Jangaon Municipality, Warangal. 4 Lakshmi Krishna Delux Theatre, Rep.by its Managing Partner- Murali Manohar, Jangoan, Warangal. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order or orders or directions more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari by calling for the records pertaining to the enquiry conducted by the Respondents 1 & 2 on dated 14-9-1994 with regard to the construction of Laxmi Krishna Deluxe Theatre at Jangoan and declare the action of the Respondents 1 & 2 in not considering the representation made by the petitioner herein as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents 1 & 2 not to grant any permission/licence under A.P.Cinema (Regulation) Rules, 1970. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.SUDHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent No.4: Mr. M. Rama Rao The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.2140 of 1995 ORAL ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the cause in this Writ Petition does not survive and the Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _______________ 18th August, 2004 Nsr/Asp To 1 The Joint Collector, Licencing Authority, Under Cinema (Regulation) Rules, Hanumakonda, Warangal. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal. 3 The Commissioner, Jangaon Municipality, Warangal. 4. Two CCs to GP for Home, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5. Two CD copies.