IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 23072 of 2005 Between: M.Srinivas and 12 others ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Nalgonda District, Nalgonda and 3 others .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Seeking a Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not renewing the licenses of the petitioners for the year 2005-2006, as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Home, appearing for the respondents. It is stated that the petitioners are the license holders for sale of crackers in retail market and their licenses were renewed upto 31.03.2005. They applied for renewal of their licenses in Form-24 to the 1st respondent for a further period of one year from 01.04.2005 to 31.03.2006. The 1st respondent called for reports from the concerned Mandal Revenue Officer and Fire Officer, and accordingly, the Mandal Revenue Officer and Fire Officer have already submitted their reports, recommending for renewal of licenses of the petitioners, but the 1st respondent has not taken any action so far. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the ensuing festival of ‘Deepavali’, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider the applications of the petitioners for renewal of their licenses and pass appropriate orders thereon within 24 hours from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 26.10.2005 Dsr Note: Issue wire at party’s costs B/o Dsr