ORDER

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This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking the following relief:

“...to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of respondent No.4 in not considering and taking action on the Petitioners representation dated 27.01.2026 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to i) Conduct an immediate inspection of the subject premises ii) Verify compliance with the prescribed distance norms under the applicable Rules iii) Take appropriate action in accordance with law including relocation and/or cancellation of the licenses of the concerned wine shops...”

2. Heard Mr. K.Rama Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. A.Jagan, learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, appearing for respondents No.1 to 4; and perused the material on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is badly affected by the wine shops i.e., Gowri Shankar Wines, Kalimatha Wines, Koushik Wines, (respondent Nos.5 to 7 herein) situated within the vicinity of Scheduled Caste Development Department Boys Hostel (Government SW Boys Hostel) and Zilla Praja Parishad Secondary School, Bachannapet. Learned counsel further submits that the said wine shops are running completely in violation of the Rule 25 of the Telangana Excise (Grant of License of Selling by Shop and Conditions of License) Rules, 2012, where no liquor shop shall be located within a distance of 100 meters from any educational institution or other similar public place, therefore the petitioner submitted a detailed representation dated 27.01.2026 before respondent No.4 requesting to take action against the said wine shops functioning within the vicinity of educational institutions, but no action has been taken on the said representation. Stating so, he seeks to pass appropriate orders.

4. Learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, on instructions, would submit that acting on the representation of the petitioner respondent No.4 passed order vide Cr.No.A2/202/2025/JAN dated 25.02.2026 wherein it is stated that acting on the representation of the petitioner, a detailed physical verification was carried out to ascertain the distance between the wine shops and nearby institutions. The distances were measured strictly as per the procedure prescribed under Rule 25 of the Telangana Excise (Grant of Licence of Selling by Shop and Conditions of License) Rules, 2012, wherein it was found that all the above shops are located beyond the minimum distance limits stipulated under the Rules. Therefore, the allegations of the petitioner regarding violation of the distance norms by the said wine shops are not substantiated. Stating so, he seeks to dismiss this writ petition.

5. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise, this Court is of the opinion that the representation dated 27.01.2026 submitted by the petitioner has been considered by respondent No.4 and passed order vide Cr.No.A2/202/2025/JAN dated 25.02.2026 stating that the allegations of the petitioner regarding violation of the distance norms by respondent Nos.5 to 7 are not correct and the wine shops are located beyond the minimum distance limits stipulated under the Rules, therefore, this Court does not find any reason to proceed further in this writ petition and no further orders are required to be passed.

6. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed granting liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the concerned authority, if aggrieved by the order passed by respondent No.4. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in the writ petition, stand closed.