THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11525 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner challenges the letter, dated 19.05.2008, through which the Principal Secretary to Government, General Administration (SB-1) Department, Secretariat, the respondent herein, required the petitioner to close F.E.S.E.Y. Canteen, in the premises of Secretariat. It is mentioned that the Committee of Officers has recommended that only such of the Canteens that are established by an elected body of the Secretariat Employees Cooperative Society, must be run in the premises of the Secretariat. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent, it is stated that a policy decision was taken not to accord permission to other agencies to establish Canteens in the Secretariat and that the petitioner was not accorded permission at any point of time. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for General Administration. Several grounds are urged on behalf of the petitioner. One of the grounds is that the impugned letter is violative of principles of natural justice. This Court would certainly have interfered with the impugned letter on the ground that it is violative of principles of natural justice, but for the fact that the Canteen established by the petitioner was closed way back in May, 2008. No interim order was passed by this Court. At this length of time, it is too difficult to set aside the impugned letter on that ground. Further, the petitioner does not state that it was accorded permission by any agency at any point of time to establish the Canteen. Setting aside the impugned letter on the ground of violation of principles of natural justice would only enable the petitioner to run a Canteen, which was not specifically permitted by any law. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. It is, however, made clear that in case the petitioner submits an application seeking permission to establish a Canteen, the same shall be considered on its own merits. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:09.02.2009 kdl