IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 3598 OF 2010 Between: B.Veerraju ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada Division at Kakinada, E.G.District and another .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 3598 of 2010 ORDER : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in seizing the Tata Indica Car bearing No. AP 37 AL 6677 of the petitioner in connection with the F.I.R.No.108/2009-10 on the file of the 2nd respondent is arbitrary and illegal. Though various grounds have been raised assailing the impugned order and disputing the allegations upon which the seizure was effected, I am not inclined to go into the correctness of the said allegations, since the same are the subject matter of confiscation proceedings pending before the 1st respondent. However, keeping in view the specific plea of the petitioner that his application for interim custody of the vehicle in question has not yet been considered by the 1st respondent, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to give interim custody of the vehicle in question to the petitioner, subject to the condition of the petitioner furnishing Bank guarantee to the entire value of the vehicle in question as assessed by the concerned Motor Vehicle Inspector. Thereafter, it is open to the 1st respondent to proceed with the enquiry and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. _____________ Date: 18.02.2010 G. ROHINI, J. Note: Issue CC in two days (B/O) Ivd