IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 16270 of 2000 Between: 1 Sri. T.P. Thangavelu, S/o. Late Dr. T.V.Paramsivam, R/o. 12-13-278, Street No.19, Tarnaka, Secunderabad. 2 Smt. Leela Manyam, W/o. V.S.Manyam, R/o. 12-13-279, Street No.19, Tarnaka, Secunderbad. 3 Dr. Shuseela, D/o. Late Dr. T.V.Paramsivam, R/o. 12-13-278, Street No.19, Tarnaka, Secunderabad. 4 Dr.T.P. Sriharan, S/o. Late Dr. T.V.Paramsivam, R/o. 12-13-278, Street No.19, Tarnaka, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Civil Supplies) and Consumer Affairs, New Delhi 2 The District Consumer Forum-II, Rep. by its President, at Hyderabad Hyderabad. 3 Sri. R. Ribeiro, S/o. E.Ribeiro, R/o. Flat No. S-1, Pushpanilayam Apartments, H.No.12-5- 188,Vijayapuri, Secunderabad -500 017 4 Smt. C. Ribeiro, W/o. R.Ribeiro, R/o. Flat No. S-1, Pushpanilayam Apartments, H.No.12-5- 188, Vijayapuri, Secunderabad -500 017 5 M/s. Prashanth Engineers and Builders Private Limited, Rep. by its Managing Director, Sri. P. Madhusudhan Reddy R/o. 2-2-18/31/C/3, Deshmukh Colony, Hyderabad -500 013. .....RESPONDENTS 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 to issue an order or direction, more in the nature of the Writ of Mandamus, declaring Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of Articles 14, 19 (1) (g), 20 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently to set aside the proceedings in P.P.No.48/2000 in C.D.No.646/94 on the file of the District Consumer Forum, Hyderabad as arbitrary, void abinitio, null and void and non est in the eye of law and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.DEVASHISH DASH Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.V.KRISHNA MOHAN THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.16270 of 2000 JUDGMENT:(per Hon’ble 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 Dt:23.04.2009 usd [1] 2001(5) ALT 610(FB)