IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.3676 of 2026 DATE OF ORDER: 06.04.2026 Between:

V. Pratap Goud ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department, at Telangana State Secretariat at Hyderabad and 4 others.

...Respondents

ORDER :

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief:

“...to issue Writ, Order or direction, preferably a Writ in the nature of Mandamus by declaring the inaction of the respondents in conducting elections to the respondent No.5-Society, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequentially direct the respondents to conduct the elections to the respondent No.5-Society forthwith and pass...”

2. Heard Ms.Priyanka, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri A.Jagan, learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4; Sri T.Kistaiah, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.5 and perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.2 has issued a notification vide Rc.No.3058/MBNR/SCEA/2023, dated 09.0