AR. LAKSHMANAN, J.

( 1 ) WHETHER the policy decision taken by the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad alleged to be in exercise of the provisions of the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 and the Rules made thereunder not to grant or renew any amusement licences to the Bars and Restaurants to conduct singing, music and dance programmes from 25-2-2002 other than Four Star and Five Star hotels and affirmed by the State of Andhra Pradesh would amount to unreasonable restriction offending the provisions of Article 19 (1)g) and Article 14 of the Constitution of India is the principal question that arises for consideration in these batch of writ petitions filed by various Bars and Restaurants of the Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

( 2 ) IN Government of A. P. v. Sri Baldev Sondli, (1975) 1 Andh WR 175, a Division Bench of this Court has dealt with a somewhat similar issue involved herein. There the Commissioner of Police rejected the request of a hotel for issue of a place permit for conducting cabaret dance in the restaurant and bar in public interest. This Court held that the citizen has a fundamental right to carry on business and the State can only impose reasonable restriction

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