THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR Writ Petition No.11052 of 2025

ORDER

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4, and with the consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal at the admission stage.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the case of the petitioner, in brief, is that he has been granted 2B Bar licence during the year 2022-2023 under the provisions of the Telangana Excise Act, 1968 (for short, ‘the Act’) read with the Telangana Excise (Grant of License of Selling by Bar and Conditions of License) Rules, 2005 (for short ’the Rules’); and that the said licence was not renewed for subsequent excise years 2023-2024 and

2024-2025.

3. Petitioner further contends that though the licence granted in his favour was not renewed after the expiry of excise year 2022-2023, the 3^rd respondent has issued a show cause notice dt.19.02.2025 seeking to cancel the licence issued in favour of the petitioner; that the petitioner had submitted explanation on 22.02.2025; and that the respondents- authorities without considering the aforesaid ex