Sri.C. S. Phanichandra v. the Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; WP No. 22172 of 2023 (EXCISE); Ravi V Hosmani J.; decided 09-09-2025; writ petition dismissed as infructuous; CL-2 excise licence transfer; restraint on Commissioner Excise Department and Excise Commissioner Kolar; representation dated 03.04.2023 Annexure-B; Deputy Commissioner of Excise Kolar order dated 07.03.2024 and order dated 05.06.2024; premises Bangarpete Main Road Masthi Layout Kolar Town; licensee Smt. Choodamani; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; petitioners' advocate Naveen J N. absent; AGA Shamanth Naik for respondents 1-3; Vasanth V. Fernandes / M. Veena Kumari for respondent 4; no precedents cited; no costs or amounts.
What did the court decide?
On comparing the Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Kolar's order with the address mentioned in the prayer, the Court found substance in the learned AGA's submission that the relief sought against shifting of respondent no.5's licence to the premises in the prayer had been rendered infructuous by the intervening order permitting transfer of the licence to other premises.