The court closed two writ petitions challenging a tender notification for restaurant licenses as illegal, held they were no longer maintainable due to withdrawal of the tender, and vacated interim directions.
Writ petitions closed; no order as to costs; interim directions vacated.
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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. RAJASHEKER REDDY
Writ Petition Nos.27479 of 2014 & 31264 of 2014
Date: 20-04-2015
W.P.No.27479 of 2014
Between: M/s. Sri Shiv Shakthi Restaurant & Bar, Represented by its Proprietor G. Ram Goud, Hyderabad
.. Petitioner
AND
The State of Telangana, represented by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others
.. Respondents
W.P.No.31264 of 2014
Between:
Boomarang Bar & Restaurant, represented by its Proprietor M. Srinivas Goud, Saidabad, Hyderabad
.. Petitioner
AND
The State of Telangana, represented by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others
.. Respondents
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. RAJASHEKER REDDY
Writ Petition Nos.27479 of 2014 & 31264 of 2014
COMMON ORDER:
Both the writ petitions are filed for a writ of mandamus declaring the tender notification vide Notification No.NIT No.HMDA/DEV/SE/03/ 2014-15 issued for grant of licence for a period of three years by fixing the licence fee specified therein as illegal, arbitrary and without authority.
2. When the writ petitions have taken up for hearing, Sri M. Surender Rao, learned standing counsel for respondents 2 and 3 produced a letter dated 2201-2015 addressed to the learned standing counsel stating that the authorities have taken a decision to cancel the impugned tender notification and to issue a fresh tender notification and that the cause in the writ petitions no longer survives and has become infructuous and the same is not disputed by the learned counsel for the petitioner.
3. Accordingly, the writ petitions are closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, interim directions, if any, granted automatically stands vacated.
A. RAJASHEKER REDDY, J
Date: 20-04-2015
Ksn
M/s. Sri Shiv Shakthi Restaurant & Bar
G. Ram Goud
Boomarang Bar & Restaurant
M. Srinivas Goud
The State of Telangana
Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development
A. RAJASHEKER REDDY
As recorded by the court registry
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