IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 20963 of 2005 Between: Borra Nageswara Rao And 10 others ..... PETITIONERS AND Tadi Tappers Cooperative Society (2-1277) Chintalapudi, Chintalapudi Mandal, West Godavari District and 2 others .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Seeking a Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondents 2 and 3 in issuing identity cards and allowing the petitioners to tap tadi, as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. The case of the petitioners is that they are the members of the 1st respondent society since 2002, and the 1st respondent society made a representation to the 3rd respondent for issuance of identity cards to its members. On the directions of the 3rd respondent, the 2nd respondent conducted enquiry and tapping test on 12.04.2004 to the petitioners and other tappers, and through his proceedings in Rc.No.41/2002/J.A, dated 12.04.2004, recommended the 3rd respondent to issue identity cards to the petitioners and other tappers. In pursuance of the said proceedings, the 3rd respondent issued identity cards to 12 tappers only. On that, the petitioners approached the respondents 2 and 3 and also made a representation on 06.09.2005 requesting to issue identity cards, but the 3rd respondent has not issued identity cards to the petitioners. Hence the petitioners are constrained to file this writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise. The 3rd respondent has to take appropriate decision on the representation of the petitioners dated 06.09.2005 as to whether the petitioners can be issued identity cards in pursuance of the proceedings of the 2nd respondent dated 12.04.2004. In that view of the matter, without entering into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the 3rd respondent to take appropriate decision on the representation of the petitioners dated 06.09.2005 and pass necessary orders thereon, in pursuance of the proceedings of the 2nd respondent dated 12.04.2004, within a period of 4 (four) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ K.C. BHANU,J Dated: 26.09.2005 Dsr Note: Issue CC in two days B/o Dsr