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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY
Sanku Nagaraju – Appellant
Versus
State of A.P. (now the State of Telangana) – Respondent
ORDER :
VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY, J.
The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the writ petitioners, calling in question the sanction for prosecution accorded by the third respondent vide proceedings No.10556/F3/2004 dated 19.1.2005 and the consequential prosecution launched thereto, culminating in CC No.195 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate (JFCM), Gajwel, Toopran Mandal, Medak District. The petitioners seek quahsment of the aforesaid proceedings and consequential reliefs as prayed for.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND:
2. The Petitioner No.1 is employed as a Stenographer in the Instant Coffee Division of M/s. Tata Coffee Ltd., formerly known as Consolidated Coffee Ltd., a Public Limited Company having its registered office at Pollibetta, Kodagu, Karnataka, and the Petitioner No.2 is the Licensee of M/s. Tata Coffee Ltd. The prosecution was initiated by in C.C. No.195 of 2005, against the Petitioners and is pending on the file of learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Gajwel, Medak District, Telangana. The Respondent No.2 is a Gazetted Food Inspector and the Respondent No.3 is the competent Food Authority under the Preve
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