The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.27029 of 2011 Date: 28.09.2011 Between: Vijaya Retail Fire Works Dealers Association, Rep. by its President Sri M.Parthasaradhi. ..... Petitioner AND 1.The District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri S.Appadhara Reddy Counsel for respondent No.1: ----- Counsel for respondent No.2: Smt.G.Jhansi, SC for Vijayawada Municipal Corporation The Court made the following: Order: The petitioner, which is an association of Retail Fire Works Dealers of Vijayawada, filed this Writ Petition, feeling aggrieved by proceedings No.Rc.N2-100/07, dated 22-09- 2011, of respondent No.2, whereunder notification, inviting applications for setting up of Deepavali Crackers shops in Swarajya Maidan (PWD Ground), Vijayawada, has been issued. It is the pleaded case of the petitioner-association that, as a convention, respondent No.2 has been allotting about 50 stalls to its members, for sale of fire crackers during the Deepavali festival season; that for the ensuing Deepavali festival, it made a representation to respondent No.1, on 11- 07-2011, with a request to allot the shops to its members and; that, while issuing proceedings in Rc.No.E2.3086/2011, dated 06-09-2011, authorising respondent No.2 to allot the shops in accordance with the guidelines laid down therein, respondent No.1 has not reserved the shops in favour of the petitioner- association, as was being done during the previous years. A perusal of proceedings, dated 06-09-2011, shows that respondent No.1 has authorized respondent No.2 to allot the plots in accordance with the guidelines laid down therein, which include the guideline that the plots shall be allotted by taking draw in the open meeting from among the individual applicants. Consequent on this proceeding, respondent No.2 has issued the impugned notification. It is not the pleaded case of the petitioner that any right is vested in it, in law, for allotment of shops. If some shops were allotted during previous years, that by itself will not create any right for the petitioner- association to insist on allotment for this year also. The proceedings, of respondent No.1, referred to above, would show that it has laid down a transparent procedure of drawal of lots and the members of the petitioner- association can also participate therein. In this view of the matter, I do not find any enforceable right in the petitioner- association to seek a Mandamus as prayed for. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed, however, with liberty to the members of the petitioner- association to participate in the drawal of lots in terms of the impugned notification. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.33396 of 2011, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 28th September, 2011 LUR