IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10529 of 2005 Between: Eediga Krishna Murthy, S/o. E.Nagamma, R/o. Dyvarndinna Village, Yemmiganur Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner for Excise & Appellate Authority, Govt of A.P., Abkari Bhavan, OPp: Exhibition Grounds, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, Kurnool -518001(A.P) 3 Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, Kurnool -518001(A.P) 4 Prohibition & Excise Circle, Inspector , Yemmiganur - 518 360 (A.P) Kurnool. .....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 an order or direction or Wrti more apropriately a Writ of Mandamus to declare the proceedings issued by the 2nd Respondent in ROC.No. B1/1100/2004 dated 19-1-2005 and the consequential orders in rejecting the appeal filed by t6he petitioner in Cr.No. 1941/2005/CPE/E4 dated 16.3.2005 passed bythe 1st respondnet as illegal by setting aside the same and direct the respondnet to consider the petitioner for grant of TFT Licence at Dyvamdinne Village Kurnool District as per rules and pass . Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RAJANNA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following ORDER:: The petitioner has questioned the order passed by the second respondent in proceedings Roc.No.B1/1100/2004, dated 19-1-2005, as confirmed by the first respondent-appellate authority vide order dated 16- 3-2005 passed in Cr.No.1941/2005/CPE/E4, by which, the claim of the petitioner for grant of TFT lickence at Dyvamdinne village in Kurnool district for the excise year 2004-2005 was rejected. As much as the excise year 2004-2005, during which the petitioner sought TFT licence, has come to end, the subject matter of the Writ Petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition, is therefore, dismissed as infructuous. However, this order will not preclude the petitioner from making fresh application for grant of TFT licence and if the petitioner submits such fresh application, it is equally open for the respondents to consider the same as per the Rules framed in AP Excise Act, 1968 and policy in force. No order as to costs. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 22-2-2008 Msnr. To 1 Commissioner for Excise & Appellate Authority, Govt of A.P., Abkari Bhavan, OPp: Exhibition Grounds, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, Kurnool -518001(A.P) 3 Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, Kurnool -518001(A.P) 4 Prohibition & Excise Circle, Inspector , Yemmiganur - 518 360 (A.P) Kurnool. 5. Two CD copies 6. Two spare copies.