IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14908 of 2009 Between: V. Srinivas Rao & others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Andhra Pradesh, Hydedrabad & another. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.V.JAGGI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP for Prohibition & Excise The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14908 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in collecting the license fee for the period from 01.07.2008 to 11.07.2008, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners sought for a direction to the respondents to adjust the license fee collected during 01.07.2008 to 11.07.2008 towards the next installment falling due on 20-10-2009. The petitioners were granted licenses for sale of Indian Made Foreign Liquor and Foreign Liquor by shop in Agency area of Chintapalli and Araku Vally stations in Anakapally Excise division. In view of pendency of W.P.No.13275 of 2008 and interim stay granted therein, licenses were issued to the petitioners with a delay of 10 days after commencement of the excise year. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they made representations to respondent No.2, so far she has not considered and forwarded the same to respondent No.1 for disposal. Having heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, I feel it would be in the interests of justice that respondent No.1 disposes of the petitioners’ representations for remission of license fee for the period from 01-07-2008 to 11-07-2008. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to forward his report to respondent No.1 on the petitioners’ representations on which respondent No.1 shall dispose of the same in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.19565 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) Date: 24.07.2009 ES