THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.6408 of 2006 Dated: 10-04-2006 Between: Mr.E.Yellagoud and another ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of A.P., Hyderabad and three others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.6408 of 2006 O R D E R: The petitioners seek a writ of Mandamus declaring the alleged inaction on the part of the respondents in issuing the licences to the petitioners to run additional TFT counters as per the report of the third respondent as arbitrary and illegal. The material on record shows that the petitioners, who claim to be the tappers, made applications for TCS/TFT licences to the fourth respondent-Prohibition and Excise Inspector, Kodumuru, who having conducted the skill test, recommended their cases to the third respondent. In turn the third respondent forwarded to the respondents 1 and 2. The only grievance of the petitioners is that in spite of the fact that additional TFT counters are sanctioned and the respondents have been considering the request of similarly situated tappers for running additional TFT counters, the respondents failed to consider the case of the petitioners. Hence, this writ petition. An identical question has been considered in W.P.No.17279 of 2005 which was disposed of by this Court by order dated 03-03-2006 with a direction to the respondents to consider the request of the petitioners therein in the light of the excise policy for the year 2004-2005. Since the petitioners herein also stand on the same footing, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the request of the petitioners if they are found to be eligible, in the light of the Excise policy for the year 2004-2005 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ G.ROHINI,J Dated:10-04-2006 Note: Issue C.C. in three days. B/o KLP