THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.22375 of 2009 DATE:20.10.2009 Between: B. Ramesh Goud and others ... Petitioners and Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, Saroornagar, R.R. District. ... Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.22375 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the order of suspension of their licence passed by the respondent in Crime No.B3/31/2009-4, dated 09.01.2009, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is that they were granted TFT licence bearing No.153 with counter Nos.1 to 4 on 10.10.2007 for sale of toddy in Bachupally village. On 07.01.2009 some people fell sick due to consumption of adulterated toddy supplied and stored in an illegal depot at Kandukur run by one Dhananjaya Goud and owned by Nakkepothula Yadaiah of Medwin village, Amangal Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. As per the statement of said Dhananjaya Goud, the respondent herein suspended their licence by an order dated 09.01.2009 in Crime No.B3/31/2009- 4 and later cancelled their licence on 06.04.2009. Questioning the same, they filed an appeal before the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, R.R.District, who by proceedings dated 27.06.2009 while setting aside the order of cancellation dated 06.04.2009 restored the order of suspension dated 09.01.2009 with a direction to the respondent to conduct full-fledged enquiry and pass fresh orders. As no orders have yet been passed by the respondent, they approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3. Heard both the learned counsel. 4. It is true that the respondent has suspended the licence of the petitioners by an order dated 09.01.2009 in Crime No.B3/31/2009-4 and since then the petitioners have no business at all. Hence, without going into the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondent to decide the proceedings initiated by him against the petitioners. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to decide the proceedings initiated by him against the petitioners, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 20th October, 2009 CBS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.22375 of 2009 20th October, 2009 CBS