THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.12833 OF 2010 Dated 9th June, 2010 Between: Sri Sai Nath Comission Merchant …Petitioner And The Agricultural Market Committee and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri G.Ranapratap Counsel for respondent No.1: Sri V.V.N.Narayana Rao Counsel for respondent No.2: G.P for Agriculture The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.1 in disposing of the petitioner’s application for grant of licence for carrying on business in the market yard of respondent No.1 Committee as illegal and arbitrary. In his affidavit, the petitioner has stated that he intended to carry on business in the market yard of respondent No.1 Committee and accordingly he made an application on 10.12.2007 to respondent No.1 for this purpose. The said application was not disposed of. The petitioner has pleaded that he once again made a fresh application on 10.02.2010 to respondent No.1 for the same purpose. The petitioner felt aggrieved by the inaction of respondent No.1 in disposing of the said application. In my opinion, when an application is received by respondent No.1, it is its statutory obligation to dispose of the same in accordance with law. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for grant of licence, if such an application has been received by it, and communicate the decision to the petitioner within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.16172 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 9th June, 2010 vrn