IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 18983 of 2002 Between: JAMIYAT UL QURESH HYDERABAD, Rep. by its General Secretary MOHD, SHARFUDDIN, S/o. late Maqusood Ali, R/o. 6-3-397, Punjagutta, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Adnhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The State of Adnhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Municipal Administration,Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The State of Adnhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Animal Husbandry Dairy Development & Fisheries, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The Commissioner , Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 5 The Andhra Pradesh Meat Development Corp. Limited, { A Govt. of A.P. Undertaking } Regd. Office at 10-2-189/1, Shantinagar, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a Writ, order or direction , more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus decalring the action of the respondents in seeking to shift the existingf slaughterhouses in Hyderabad Municipal corporation to the modern mechanical abbattoir at Chengicherla, Ghatkersar { M } , R. R. District without expolring the option of modernizing the existing slaughterhouses to acheive object sought to be achieved or providing for resettlement of the persons dependant on the profession of butchery as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional as violating Art 19 ( 1 )( g ) and Art 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondnets either to moderinze the existing goat and sheep slaughterhouses or provide resettlemetn to the displaced buttchers and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAMANANDA VITTAL Counsel for the Respondents: RAO & CO., LAWERS The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter was called on 18.04.2008, none appeared and it was posted to next week under the caption “for dismissal”. Today also none appeared. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for default. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:25.04.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VVS}