HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN Between:
:PRESENT:
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAJASHEKER REDDY WP .NO:27557 of 2014 Jayaraj Panithkar s/o Appu Nair . Petitioner AND
1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Environment, Forest, Science and Technology Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad.
2 The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Aranya Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad.
3 The Conservator of Forests, Visakhapatnam.
4 The Divisional Forest Officer, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District.
5 The Forest Range Officer, Palakonda, Srikakulam District.
6 The Central Empowered Committee, rep. by its Member Secretary, 2nd Floor, Chanikyapuri, New Delhi-110021.
. Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the impugned order passed by the 4th respondent bearing Rc. No. 803/2005/A7 dt. 2.9.2014 ordering for closure of the peeling unit installed by the petitioner and directing the 5th respondent to seize the peeling unit as being illegal, arbitrary, unjust and against to the principles of natural justice and consequently set aside the same;
The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and order of the High Court dated 19-09-2014 made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Taddi Nageswara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Asst. G.P. for Forests, for the Respondents No1 to 5, and of Sri B.Narayana Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General, for the Respondent No.6, the Court made the following.
ORDER:
Learned Standing Counsel for respondents seeks time for filing counter.
Post on 20-10-2014.
Interim order granted earlier shall stand extended till then.
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To
1 Two CCs to G.P. for Forests (AP), High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT)
2. One CC to Sri Taddi Nageswara Rao, Advocate (OPUC)
3. one Spare Copy Tvr DRAFTED; TVR DATED: 08-10-2014 HIGH COURT ARRJ DATE: 26-09-2014 ORDER WP. NO. 22557 OF 2014 INTERIM SUSPENSION EXTENDED HIGH COURT ARRJ DATE: 26-09-2014 ORDER WP. NO. 22557 OF 2014 INTERIM SUSPENSION EXTENDED