Stall licence holders at Karimnagar Bus Station challenged a TSRTC circular compelling them to buy and sell only Bisleri water bottles at above-market rates. Counsel for petitioners represented the cause of action no longer survived; respondents did not dispute this.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)
TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA
WRIT PETITION NO: 17294 OF 2017
Between:
.....PETITIONERS
AND
.....RESPONDENTS
Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toissue a writ or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in compelling the petitioners to purchase Bisleri Water Bott{es from a particular distributor nominated by the Corporation at a very higher rate than the market rate and in compelling the petitioners to sell only the water bottles of Bisleri Company and in interfering with the existing practice of business of the petitioners to sell the water
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boftles of all recognized companies, without issuing any notice anddeclaring the Circular No.50/2016 daled 09.12.20'16 of the Corporation ishighlyunjust, unwarranted, irrational, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 ofthe Constitution of lndia and consequentially directing the respondentsto permitthe petitioners to sell the water bottles of all recognized companies in their respective stalls in Karimnagar Bus Station.
|.A.NO:1 OF 2017 {WPMP.NO:21142 OF 2O17 )
Petition Under Section 151 CPCpraying that in the circumstances statedin the affidavit filed in support of thepetition,the High Court may be pleasedto direct the respondents topermit thepetitioners to sellthe water bottles ofall recognized companies in their respective stalls,in KarimnagarBus Station,on payment of additional licence fee in accordance with the order of this Honourable Court dated 04.05.2017passed in W.A.No.581 ot 2017 and batch,pending disposal of the above writpetition.
Counsel for the Petitioners : SRI C.RAMA CHANDRA RAJU
Counsel for the Respondents : SRI N.CHANDRA SHEKHAR REDDY(SC FOR TSRTC)
The Court made the following ORDER
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HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA
wRIT PETITIO NN o.L7294 0F 20L7
ORDER:
Heard Sri C,Rama Chandra Raju, tearned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Sra N.Chandra Shekhar Reddy, learned counset appearing on behalf of the respondents.
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"...to issue a writ or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in compelling the petitioners to purchase Bisleri Water Bottles from a particular distributor nominated by the Corporation at a very higher rate than the market rate and in compelling the petitioners to sell only the water bottles of Bisleri Company and in interfering with the existing practice of business of the petitioners to sell the water bottles oi all recogt-rized companies wlthout issuing any notice and declaring the Circular- No.50/2016 dated 09.12.2016 of the Corporation is highly unjust, unwarranted, irrational, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India a nd consequentially, directing the responcjents to permit thc petitioners to sell the water bottles of all recognized companies in their respective stalls in Karimnagar Bus Station and pass such other order or orders
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as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. "
5, Bringing the said submission of the learned counse! appearing on behalf of the petitioner on record, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. Howeve:r, there shall be no order as to costs.
any, pending in the Writ Petition shall also stand closed.
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B. Ganesh
Nawab Pasha
S.A. Moiz
Ishrath Jabeen
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
Regional Manager, Karimnagar Region, Telangana State Transport Corporation
Surepalli Nanda
As recorded by the court registry
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