P. S. MISHRA, C. J.

( 1 ) AN organisation mailed a. P. Sampoorna Madya Nishedha Samithi and two persons Smt. Malladi Subbamma and Smt. Sandhyanvadanam Lakshmi Devi have moved this Court under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India seeking any appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the A. P. Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 1997. Act 5 of 1997 (hereinafter called Amendment Act) as unconstitutional and void and consequently directing the Government of Andhra Pradesh to strictly implement the provisions of the A. P. Prohibition Act, 1995, Act 17 of 1995 (hereinafter called Prohibition Act ). Smt. Malladi Subbamma who has claimed to be the President of the Samithi has stated that it is an unregistered society formed on 20-9-94 of persons drawn from different walks of life and from different places as a culmination of movement for imposition of total prohibition in the State. It is said on 24-9-94 nearly 20,000 people participated in a rally demanding ban of Indian made Foreign liquor and a memorandum signed by several prominent leaders was submitted to the Governor on 1-10-1994. Thus, according to the petitioners, total pr

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