IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6830 of 2002 Between: J.Narsinga Rao S/o Raghavender Rao R/o 3-1-58/2 opp: (R&B )Guest house Karimnagar ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi 2 Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Medical & Health Services, Secretariat, Hydearbad 3 Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary Food & Agriculture, Secretariat, Hyderabad 4 Director, Bureau of Indian Standards, Hyderabad branch 5-8-56,F&G L.N.Gupta Marg, Nampally, Hyderabad 5 Inspector General of Vigilance and Enforcement , BRK Complex, Hyderabad. 6 District Collector, Karimnagar. 8 The Gazetted Food Inspector Mukrampura, Karimnagar. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking any action for prevention of illegal manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water as illegal, in contravention of statutory provisions of prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and the rules made thereunder and to direct the respondents to identify the said illegal manufacturers of packaged drinking water and confiscate/destroy the stocks of package drinking water at the manufacturing units and the distrubuation points of sale to the public and to initiate action against such manufacturers in accordance with the provisions of prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and the rules made there under. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.KRISHNA: Not present Counsel for the Respondent No.1: A. Rajasekhar Reddy: Not present Counsel for the Respondent No.2: G.P. for Medical & Health Counsel for the Respondent No.3: G.P.for Agriculture Counsel for the Respondent No.4: None Counsel for the Respondent No.5: None Counsel for the Respondent No.6: G.P. for Revenue Counsel for the Respondent No.7: None Counsel for the Respondent No.8: None The Court made the following Oral Order: (per Sri Devinder Gupta, CJ) None for the petitioner. It appears that the petitioner is no more interested in prosecuting the case. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ____________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ Date: 6th December, 2004 ________________________ M. NARAYANA REDDY, J Pnb 1. The Secretary, Union Of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi. 2. The Secretary, Medical & Health Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hydearbad 3 The Secretary, Food & Agriculture, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The Director, Bureau of Indian Standards, Hyderabad branch 5-8-56,F&G L.N.Gupta Marg Nampally Hyderabad. 5 The Inspector General of Vigilance and Enforcement, BRK Complex, Hyderabad. 6 The Director, I.P.M.P/H Labs & Food,Health Admin Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. 7 The District Collector, Karimnagar. 8 The Gazetted Food Inspector, Mukrampura, Karimnagar. 9. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Medical & Health, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 10. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Food and Agriculture, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad.(OUT) 11. Two C.D. Copies