COMMON ORDER:

Both these writ petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by two different petitioners by names R. Venkateswarlu and P. Vasanth Reddy, questioning the orders of suspension of 2B License issued by the third respondent/The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Ananthapuram in Rc.No.391/2019/C1 dated 27.01.2020, challenged in these two writ petitions on identical grounds and therefore, I find it expedient to decide both these writ petitions by common order.

Since, the question involved in both these writ petitions is one and the same, W.P.No.2259 of 2020 is taken as leading case.

The petitioner obtained Form-2B License to run Bar &

Restaurant under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh (Grant of Licensee of Selling by Bar and Conditions of License) Rules, 2017 (for short ‘The Rules, 2017’). Ever since the date of grant of license, the petitioner was conducting business in the name and style of Chandu Restaurant and Bar at Kadiri without contravening any of the provisions of the A.P. Excise Act, 1968 (for short ‘The Act’) and the Rules, 2017 framed therein. While the matter stood thus, the third respondent herein issued a show cause notice on 21.12.