IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No. 31368 of 2025 DATED : 08.12.2025 Between:

M/s. Gajanand Enterprises … Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and seven others … Respondents

ORDER:

Sri Y. Bala Murali, learned counsel appears for petitioner.

Sri Tandra Ramesh, learned Assistant Government Sri Mahesh Raje, learned Government Pleader for Home Ms. L. Pranathi Reddy, learned Senior Standing Counsel

2. This Writ Petition is filed with the following prayer:

“For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the petitioner prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue writ, order or direction especially one in the Nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Notification 542/FSS- 1/2025 dt.24.05.2025 issued by the 3^rd respondent as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, unconstitutional, ultra virus of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Production of Advertisement Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, in violation of principles of natural justice and in violation of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere in any manner with the trade and business carried out in the products that fall within the said notification by the petitioner or its personnel and the persons/entities to whom is supplied those products.”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the instant Writ Petition with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh Writ Petition.

7 and 8 report no objection.

5. Accordingly, without making any comment on the merits of the case of the petitioner, the instant Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh Writ Petition. There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

APARESH KUMAR SINGH, CJ G.M.MOHIUDDIN, J 8^th DECEMBER, 2025.

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