IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8054 of 2001 Between: Ghanta Srinivasa Rao, s/o. Narayana Rao, Hindu, M/s.Sri Durga Wines, Dr.No.61-2- 42, Ramalingeshwaranagar, Patamatalanka, Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada. 3 Excise Superintendent, Krishna at Machilipatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, directing the third respondent to issue license to the petitioner to run the wine business under the name and style of M/s. Sri Durga Wines at Dr.No.61-2-42, Ramalingeshwaranagar, Vijayawada. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KANAKAMEDALA RAVINDRA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the third respondent to issue licence to the petitioner to run wine business in the name and style of M/s Sri Durga Wines at Door no.61-2-42, Ramalingeshwaranagar, Vijayawada. He sought licence for the year 2001-’02. This Court while admitting the writ petition passed interim orders directing the third respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 01.4.2001. It is now submitted by the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise that pursuant to the orders of this Court, the representation was considered and the licence was granted for 2001-’02. In that view of the matter, nothing survives in this writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 29.06.2005 YS To 1 Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada. 3 Excise Superintendent, Krishna at Machilipatnam. 4 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Prohibition & Excise, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 5 Two C.D. Copies.