Vanamali Wellness Saloon and Spa Vs the State of… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Vanamali Wellness Saloon and Spa Vs the State of… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed of at the admission stage, with consent of both sides, in terms of the common order dated 28.09.2021 passed in W.P.No.16281 of 2010 and batch, whereby the petitioner's massage-centre business may operate subject to the conditions laid down therein (maintenance of a register of customers' visits, names, verifiable addresses and phone numbers open to inspection by police officers not below Sub-Inspector rank, front door not kept closed during working hours); miscellaneous applications, if any, stand closed; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of the 2nd respondent in issuing the impugned notification No.(L&O)/M4/3140/2010 dated 30.06.2010 is illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and contrary to the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 Fasli, and whether it should be set aside against the petitioner. +1 more

Court's answer

Recording the submissions made by learned counsel appearing on either side, and with the Assistant Government Pleader for Home not disputing parity, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the common order dated 28.09.2021 passed in W.P.No.16281 of 2010 and batch.

Ratio / Principle

There shall be no order as to costs.

Key takeaways

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.ratio¶39

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court for the State of Telangana (N.V. Shravan Kumar, J.), W.P.No.30537 of 2025, decided 08.10.2025: Vanamali Wellness Saloon and Spa, through its proprietor, challenged notification No.(L&O)/M4/3140/2010 dated 30.06.2010 issued by the 2nd respondent (Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City) as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory, violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and contrary to the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 Fasli, seeking its setting aside; an interlocutory application (IA No.1 of 2025, under Section 151 CPC) prayed suspension of the notification pending disposal. Taking the writ petition up at the admission stage with the consent of both sides, and noting that learned counsel for the petitioner prayed for orders similar to the Court's common order dated 28.09.2021 in W.P.No.16281 of 2010 and batch — under which massage centres may run subject to maintaining a register of customers' dates of visit, names, verifiable addresses and phone numbers, open to verification by officers not below the rank of Sub-Inspector, and keeping the front door open during working hours — and that the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home did not dispute, the Court disposed of the writ petition in terms of that common order, closed pending miscellaneous applications and made no order as to costs.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE^{OF TELANGANA} (SPecial Original Jurisdiction) AT HYDERABAD

WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTH DAYOF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN^KUMAR

WRIT PETITION NO: 30537 OF 2025

Between:

VANAMALI WELLNESS SALOON AND SPA, Rep By its Proprietor Bupathi Bathula, S/o Bathula Krishna,Plot No 268^Badola Square 2nd Floor Gokul Plots, Opp Prajay Appartments KPHP Colony, Circle 21 ,^Hyderabad.

,,PETITIONER

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THE STATE OF TELANGANA, Rep. by its^{PrincipalSecretary} Home Depa rtment,T.S.Secretariat, Hyderabad, Telangana^State.

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, Hyderabad^{City, Hyderabad,Telangana} State.

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,^{CyberabadCommissionerate,} Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana State.

THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, Miyapur,Police^{Station,Hyderabad,} Telangana State.

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of^{lndia praying that in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit^{filed therewith,the High Court may be} pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more^{preferably one in the} nature of Writ of N/andamus, declaring the action of^{the 2nd respondent in issuing} the impugned netification No.^{(L&O)/M41314O12O10,dated.30.06.2010passedby} the 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary,^{discriminatory, violative of Article14,} 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of lndia, contrary^{to the provisions of the Hyderabad} City Police Act, 1348 Fasli and consequently^{set-aside the same againstthe} petitioner, in the interest of^justice and grant.

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lA NO: 1 OF 2025

Petition under ser:tion 151 cPC praying that in the cir,;-rmstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High courl rray be pleased to suspend the impugned notification No.(L&O)/M4I3140t201i, dated. 30.06.2010 passed by the 2nd respondent against the petitioner, per iing disposal of the above Writ Petition.

Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI ABHTLASH SONTAKE

Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME

The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HONOUI(ABLE SI(I JUSI'ICE N.V.SHRAVAN^KUMAR

WRIT PETII-ION No.30537 of 2025

ORDER

I{earcl lcamed counsel for the petitioner and learnecl Assistarrt Covcrnrnent Plcadcl for I{ome appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4.^With thcir corlscnt this wlit petition is taken up for disposal at the aclmission stage

itselt

'fhis writ pctition is filecl seeking following prayer:-

"lo dtclrtra tlu' nction of th( 2"'t resltondent irt isstting the iuptLgncd ttLt ti.ficrtt iotr N o. ftAO/M4/3140/2010, dn tad 30.06.2010,^{passed lty} 7lp ),t,t n,sltottdcnt ns illegal, nrbitrary, discriminntory, t,utlnlite of ArLiclt: 14, 19(t) (S) of tlle Constitlttirnt o[ lndin, contrary^{to tlu} prot,isiotts o.f tlrc Hydernbad Ci ty Police Act, 7348 Fnsli^and tortsttyrctttltl sct-nside the snnr ngninst tfu petiiiotrcr t^{tl'Lc. interest} of ltLslitL ."

fodav n,hen the matter has been taken up for hearing, learncd couuscl for thc pctitioner submits that in similar circumstance this Court^irl \V P.No.l6281 o[ 2010 and batch datcd 28.09.2021, passed thc folltxving ortler:-

"3. ln t,it'tl o.f tlt subnissions ol lenrneLl coLtnsel for botlt siLles, tlrsc Writ Pctitions nre disposcd of itL terms of order^dntcd 04.02.2021 in [.A.No.7 of 2020 in W.P.No.24410 of^2020, ltenttittittg^tlte ltctilioners^{kt run tlrc ntnssagecenlres, sttbiectto} nutitttLrittittg n rccord in tlrc register lo be rnaintnined by tlrc ,r/rss/rsrr cantrts corttnining tlrc tlntes o.f uisits of the urstonrcrs, thair nanrcs nnd^perifiabla nddn:sses togetler ruith tfu^pltortc ttrrtnbcrs, so ns lo annble llr police to contact tlum on Lhe^nspect of tfu rt'qrrcst to tlrc oruner/trnnnger/opcrntor of tlrc nnssnge cetttres^to prottidt't'or tlrc lrclp.front tlrc oppostte sat, Ftu'Llrcr, it shaLl be o1'en to any ytolrt, officer nol bektrtt the rnnk of tr Sttb-lnspector of Polirc tnc.lted to nny poliL:e stntion to ?erify otlca in n ruhile such^r(..ords tnnittttrinad by tlrc trnssnge cetttras nnd lu' slnll nlso bc nt liltertV^to otrifl ts kt tpltt'tlntr tlrc lnrtiurlnr crrstonicr lns soLicited^mtystLclt spt'titl seroicc J'ront llttt urtssoge cenLre ttr tnt. It is^{nlso rtptttt to} llt policc to Lnlc nltproprinlc nctiorr Llcpertding upon the^resuLt of^nnry

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Lcarrrc,,l r'rrtr rrscl lor thc petitiouer^{f urther prar} lhis Court to pass similar orcle rs .rs P,rssc(l rn !V.P.No.16281 of^{2010 and bak} r datcd 28.09.2021.

l-,cartrcci Assis[illrt Govcrntrent P]eacler^for Iomc appcarirUl for responclcnts tlitl not tlisputc thc sarnc.

lRccortlinrl tlrc strbntission lttacle b1' the^{learnecl c,} ru nsc l appearing on cither sit-le, tlris rr,r'i: pe titi()n is clisposecl oi in^{termsof C} rrnmon ordcr dated 28.09.2021 passcrl irL {/.1'.No.1(r281 of 2010 and batch.^Tl'r r^,r shali be no orclcr as to c()sts.

Accorrlir-rgli', this writ petition 1S disposed rrl. Miscellancous

a plications, if anr' 1;cntling, shall stand closed

SD/.P. PONNA KRISHNA ass,rsiTANT^REGISTB4B*

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To, 1. The Principal Se(lretary Home^{Department, T S\} e( etariat, The State of Telangana, Hyderabad.

The commissioner^{of Police, Hyderabadcity,HyderabircTelangana state.}

The commissioner of^{Potice,cyberabadcommiss; (lnerate, Gachibowli,} Hyderabad, Telangana^State.

4, The Station House^{offrcer,I/iyapur Policestation,I yCerabad, Telangana} State.

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One CC to SRI ABHILASH SONTAKE Advocate [OPUC]

6 Two CCs to GP FOR HOME ,High Court for the State of Telangana. [OUT] 7 Two CD Copies

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HIGH COURT

DATED:0811012025

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ORDER

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WP.No.30537 of 2025

DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION

WITHOUT COSTS

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