IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 12624 of 2008 Between: Human Welfare Organization (Reg. No. 1982/05) Rep. by its President Shaik Wali Ahmed Rahmani S/o. late Sri Shaik Madaar aged 57 yrs, R/o. H.No. 10-4-13/8/1, Flat No,. G04, G05 Hawa Rehaesh, Humayun Nagar, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue writ or direction preferably writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent NO.1 in considering and disposing of the representation dt. 23/25-2-2008 submitted by the petitioner for issue of NOC to treat the petitioner's Organization as non- profit and non-Governmental Agency as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to consider and dispose of the representation dt. 23/25-2-2008 in the light of circular No. 707/23/2003-CX dt. 16-4-2003 within a reasonable time, and pass such other or further orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 12624 of 2008 Order: It is the case of the petitioner-Organization that they made a representation dated 23/25.02.2008 to the respondent, namely the District Collector, Hyderabad, for issuance of NOC Certificate as per circular No.707/23/2003-CX, dated 16.04.2003 for availing ad-hoc exemption under Section 5A(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, but till date no action thereon had been taken. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The respondent, namely the District Collector, Hyderabad, is directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 23/25.02.2008 of the petitioner-Organization and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 18.06.2008 Ksr/Nsr