IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 4761 of 2005 Between: T.Krishna Murthy S/o.Govinda Rao R/o.Yedlapalli Road, Padidi Village and Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Revenue (Excise-II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. rep. by its Special Chief Secretary to Government,. 2 The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Hyderabad. 3 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Anantapur District. ...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 issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction declaring the G.O.Ms.No.184 dt.7.2.2005 issued by the 1st respondent and consequential action of the3rd respondent in proposing to conduct fresh auction for grant of licence, as illegal, contrary to law, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to renew the IL-24 License held by the petitioner and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VENKATESWARLU POSANI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : ORDER: It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner and admitted to by the learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in W.A. No. 344, 345, 346 and 347 of 2005 dated 22-3-2005. In the circumstances, following the said judgment this writ petition is disposed of by and in terms of the observations and directions made therein. No costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 25TH April, 2005 tvk To 1 The Special Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh Revenue (Excise- II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Hyderabad. 3 The Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Anantapur District. 4) 2 CD copies