THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.2217 of 2010 DATE:05.02.2010 Between: Ganipineni Anjamma ... Petitioner and Tobacco Board, represented by its Secretary, Guntur and another ... Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.2217 of 2010 ORDER: According to the petitioner, she is the owner and possessor of an agricultural land of an extent of Ac.1.60 cents in Sy.No.200/1 of K.Mammidipalli Village, Ongole Taluk, Ongole District and she has been growing tobacco in the said land and selling the same in auction being conducted by the respondents. She was allotted barn No.TB24/011/002 and also granted registration (TBGR) No.24/011/019. While so, for the year 2007-2008 the licence could not be renewed, for the reason that her daughter-in-law filed O.S.No.689 of 2007 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge, Ongole, against her and two others, for declaration and mandatory injunction in respect of the said land along with an application in I.A.No.2006 of 2007 for temporary injunction. After a detailed enquiry, the court below, by an order dated 09.06.2008, dismissed the I.A.No.2006 of 2007 and the same became final. Though she brought the same to the notice of the respondents and again applied for renewal of the licence for the year 2009-2010, they have been postponing the issue without any valid reason. Being aggrieved by the same, she approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard both the learned counsel. 3. Pendency of a suit cannot be a ground to refuse renewal of licence. When it is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioner that I.A.No.2006 of 2007 in O.S.No.689 of 2007 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge, Ongole, filed for temporary injunction, was dismissed by an order dated 09.06.2008, and the said order has become final, in my considered view, the respondents should have considered the application of the petitioner and passed appropriate orders. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the application of the petitioner for renewal of the licence of barn No. TB24/011/002 for the year 2009-2010 and pass appropriate orders at the earliest, preferably, within a period of three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. __________________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 5th February, 2010 Note: Furnish C.C. by three days. (b/o) cbs THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.2217 of 2010 (Disposed of) 5th February, 2010 Note: Furnish C.C. by three days. (b/o) cbs