IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 16799 of 2001 Between: M/s Subbaraya Construction Rep BY Its Managing Partner Smt.P.Nirmala Devi W/o P.S.R.Patrudu R/o 105, Sai Towers, Rednam Gardens, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Union of India Rep By Its Principal Secretary, (Law) New Delhi. 2 Budiri Venkataratnam S/o Koteswara Rao IInd AddI.District Judges Court, D.No.9-552, Visalakshinagar, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Certiorari declaring the power of Penalties U/s 27 of the Consumer Protection Act (Zct 68/86) without contemplating the procedural rules thereunder, is violative of Art.14, 19 & 21 of the constitution of India, and consequently declare the action of the District Consumer Forum Visakhapatnam in issuing warrant of arrest in P.P. No.1139/2000 in C.D. 250/99 to the Managing Partner of the petitioners construction who is women, without the procedure known to law is highly arbitrary, unjust and opposed to the principles of natural justice and quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.D.PRASANNA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submitted that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by an order of this Court in Dr.C.V.Ratnam v. Union of India[1]. This writ petition is also dismissed in terms of and in accordance with the aforesaid order of the Full Bench. There shall be no order as to costs. V.ESWARAIAH, J SANJAY KUMAR, J. 27.4.2009 kpr [1] 2001(5) ALT 610 (FB)