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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI WRIT PETITION No.27063 OF 2026 DATE OF ORDER : 17.08.2026 Between:

Go Greys Livestock Movers .. Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Transport Department , Secretariat at B.R.K.R. Bhavan, Hyderabad and 4 others .. Respondents

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed with the following prayer:

“…to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner’s business in transporting livestock by stopping the transportation vehicles having registration numbers vide TS09UB8387, TSO9UB7211, TS08UA4873, TS08UA5539, TS07UF7743, TS09UB0892, TS11UB3520, TG07T4879, TS07UE0329, TG07U2606 and TSO8UB1429 and harassing the employees of the petitioner firm without any lawful and justifying reasons the same is illegal, arbitrary, violative of Article 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to not to interfere in the petitioner’s business activities in transporting the livestock and harass the petitioner without following due process of law and pass…”

2. Heard Mr. Mohammed Mudabbir Ali Khan, learned counsel for petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Transport Department for respondent Nos.1 & 3 and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for respondent Nos.2, 4 & 5.

3. It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner is a livestock trader and has been transporting the livestock in vehicles bearing Nos.TS09UB8387, TSO9UB7211, TS08UA4873, TS08UA5539, TS07UF7743, TS09UB0892, TS11UB3520, TG07T4879, TS07UE0329, TG07U2606 and TSO8UB1429 in Hyderabad. It is further submitted that respondent Nos.4 & 5 have been stopping the vehicles of the petitioner on the ground of inspection and were not permitting the petitioner to transport the livestock in time, delaying the transportation by hours together i.e., by stopping the vehicles for hours. It is also submitted that detaining the vehicles for long hours is causing undue delay in transporting the livestock and thus effecting the business of the petitioner and also to the business of other businessmen to whom the stock has to be delivered.

4. Learned counsel invited the attention of this Court to Exs.P1 and P2 (page Nos.11 & 12 of writ affidavit), to buttress the contention that petitioner-Firm is having a Provisional Trade License issued under Sections 521 & 622 of the GHMC Act and that the Firm is registered before the Registrar of Firms, Hyderabad (South).

5. It is pointed out that petitioner’s vehicles were stopped by respondent Nos.4 and 5 on 03.07.2026, 06.07.2026 and 10.07.2026 for hours together detained without any valid reason. Thus, effecting the delivery mechanism. It is submitted that if respondent authorities intend to check the details of license, permit and other aspects, they are entitled to do so, but they cannot detain the vehicles for long hours, thus effecting the delivery of livestock to customer (other business persons).

6. On the other hand, learned Assistant Government Pleader for respondents submitted that respondent authorities are only performing their duties and that the vehicles are being stopped only for the purpose of verification of the documents and other details, whether license, permits are there or not. As such, vehicles can be stopped for checking the documents.

7. Heard learned counsels, perused the record and considered the submissions.

8. Writ petition is filed by authorized signatory of Go Greys Livestock Movers, a registered Firm, registration of the Firm before the Registrar of Firms is dated 08.04.2026. Trade License is issued to one Shanoor Khan to carry on the Trade/Operation of Go Greys Livestock Movers (at premises bearing No.6-3-1240/32/A Opp. Raj Bhavan Road). The address of the Firm as recorded before the R