IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26975 of 2001 Between: K.Venkateswara Rao S/o.Rama Rao R/o.D.No.20/116, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt.of A.P. Revnue (Excise Dept.) Rep.by its Officer in Special Duty, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise, Govt.of A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Superintendent, Prohibition and Excise, Machilipatnam, Krishna Dist. 4 M/s.Sri Durga Bhavani Wines Rep.by Sri K.Rajagopala Rao Robertsonpet, Machilipatnam, Krishna Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue order or orders, direction or directions, writ or writs, particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Mandamus" and declare the order of the 1st respondent passed in G.O.Rt.No.1676 Revenue (Excise-III) Dept., dt.16-11-2000 and the consequential action of the 3rd respondent in granting license in favour of the 4th respondent as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.L.N.SWAMY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26975 of 2001 ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said statement, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 31-03-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KMR}