( 1 ) BRIEF factual overview of the Writ petitions: all these writ petitions involve common question of law and fact and are thus considered and disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) WRIT petitioners herein are either residents of the locality or existing IL 24 licensees, who are aggrieved by the revisional orders of the State Government, by which, orders of cancellation of particular licences during the year 1998-99 by the concerned Excise Superintendents, have been invalidated. Some of the writ petitions are against revisional orders directed not against orders of cancellation, but against non-grant of licences for the current Excise year, to such of those licensees who have surrendered their licences and have also withdrawn the proportionate licence fee for and during the year 1998-99. All these orders of the State Government are passed in purported exercise of the revisional power available under Section 64 of the A. P. Excise act, 1968 (for short the Act ). W. P. No. 2679/2001;

( 3 ) THE writ petitioner is an existing IL 24 licensee of L. Kota village, Vizianagaram district. The 4th respondent s licence was cancelled b y the Excise Superintendent, vizian