IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9390 of 2008 Between: M/s. Sujanil Chemo Industries Rep.by its Manager Y.Ramachandra Rao S/o.Y.A L.K Shastry R/o.205 K.K Heights Masab Tank Hyd-500028 Regd Office 8, Alkananda Apartments, 158/159, Mukurndanagar Pune-Maharastra-411037 ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner& Director of Agriculture opp.L.B Stadium Bsheerbagh Hyd A.P .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.V.BHASKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in considering application dated 17-03-2008 filed by the petitioner for permission to sell insecticides/pesticides in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Section 13 read with Rule 10 (4A) of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (for short ‘the Rules’) as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. The petitioner claims to be a manufacturer of pesticides, insecticides etc., having its principal place of business in the State of Gujarat. In order to expand its business activities, it claims to have made application dated 17-03-2008 to the respondent by enclosing all necessary documents in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (for short ‘the Act’) and the Rules to permit it to sell its products in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the application is pending before the respondent No.1 for a long time since 17-03-2008, no orders have been passed so far. Since I find justification in the grievance of the petitioner against non-disposal of its application, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application in terms of the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the Act and the Rules, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.12397 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 28-04-2008 LUR