ORDER :

(Heard and pronounced through Blue Jeans App(virtual) mode, since this mode is adopted on account of prevalence of COVID-19 Pandemic).

1. The Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the order of the 3rd respondent issued in R.C.No.189/A/2020 dated 22.04.2020 as illegal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice, without jurisdiction and consequently direct the 3rd respondent to permit the petitioner to conduct the business and pass such other orders as deemed fit.

2. The facts relevant for disposal of the present case in brief, are as follows;

3. The petitioner is a Form 2B license holder to run a Bar and Restaurant as per the provisions of the A.P. Excise (Grant of License of Selling by Bar and Conditions of License) Rules, 2017 and he is conducting the business in the name and style of M/s.Eden Park Restaurant and Bar at Tirupathi, Chittoor District.

4. On the basis of a report of the Prohibition and Excise Superintendent dated 11.04.2020 that a physical verification of liquor stocks in the bar premises was conducted on 10.04.2020 and the ground stock was verified with reference to closing balance as on 21.03.2020 and that there are manipulations and over-writing