THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO. 19209 OF 2006 DATED: 20.09.2006 Between: M/s New Amrut Bar & Restaurant (Hotel Sridevi), Represented by its Proprietrix Smt.Y.Koteswari, W/o Y.Radha Krishna Reddy, R/o D.No.4-1-938, I Floor, Tilak Road, Abids, Hyderabad. … PETITIONER And: The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, (Home) Secretariat buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others. …RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO. 19209 2006 ORAL ORDER: The grievance in this writ petition is that the second respondent, the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, has failed to consider and pass appropriate orders on the petitioner’s application for grant of renewal of licence for keeping a place of public amusement or public entertainment under Section 21 of the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 Fasli (for short “the Act”). The petitioner states that on behalf of the second respondent, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic- I, Hyderabad City, on 03.08.2006 had called upon the petitioner to furnish information and documentation establishing availability of parking area in his premises. According to the petitioner, he submitted all the information required, but nevertheless, the second respondent has not disposed of his application. In the circumstances above, the writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on the application of the petitioner for grant of renewal of licence, as aforesaid, expeditiously, and in any event within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Nothing in this order shall be construed as an expression by this Court on the merits of the petitioner’s application for grant of renewal of licence. The second respondent shall consider grant of renewal of licence, in accordance with the spectrum of discretion available under the provisions of the Act and consistent with public interest as by law ordained. There shall be no order as to cots. __________ 20.09.2006 sh