IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA & THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 37079 of 2014 BETWEEN Moula Ali Gouda Sangham (TCS) Rep. by its President.
AND ... PETITIONER The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary (Department of Revenue), A.P. Secretariat Building, Hyderabad and others.
...RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:
ORDER:
Heard.
2. Petitioner, who is a Toddy Co-operative Society, seeks a licence with respect to Moulali, Malkajgiri Mandal. It is stated that the licence held earlier by the petitioner’s society being licence No.277 was cancelled. However, in view of G.O.Ms.No.24, Revenue (Excise-II) Department, dated 04.09.2014, certain provisions relating to the prohibition of 50 kms., between two shops has since been relaxed and thereby, petitioner states that he is eligible to get a licence for running a toddy shop. Petitioner states that they have made an appropriate representation to respondent No.2 on 20.09.2014 and later as directed by respondent No.2 they had submitted Minutes Book, Cash Book and Membership Register. Respondent No.3 further asked the petitioner for submission of registration certificate of the Society, registered bye-laws, Audit Certificates, Membership identity cards and others records, if any. To that extent, however, petitioner states that they have requested time for submission of the rest of the documents and later the documents were furnished along with a letter on 10.11.2014. Petitioner, however, states that in spite of submission of all the documents, the request of the petitioner is not being considered so far. Hence, the present writ petition.
3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader states that the Prohibition and Excise Superintendent would consider the petitioner’s application along with the documents and pass appropriate orders expeditiously.
In view of that, the writ petition is disposed of directing respondent No.3 to consider petitioner’s request in the light of the documents submitted by him, in accordance with the policy guidelines and law, and pass appropriate orders thereon expeditiously preferably within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel, the miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 3, 2014 LMV