APHC010573732024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3330] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION No.29929 of 2024 Between: 1. M/S. HIGH WAY RESTAURANT AND BAR,, REP. BY ITS PROPRIETOR, M.V. RAMANA REDDY, S/O. THIRUPATHI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT, L.NO. 10/2022-2025. And Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , REP. BY SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY, REVENUE - EXCISE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF PROHIBITION AND EXCISE, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring that the action of the 1st respondent contained in G.O.Ms.No.229, dated 15.10.2024 in so far as it imposes/levies an additional 20.3percent of ARET on the licensees of bars and in-house licensees, is arbitrary, discriminatory, being violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently strike down clause 6 (ii) and (iii) and direct the respondents to forbear from imposing/levying any additional ARET component on the writ petitioners who are licensees of bar and restaurants and licensees 2 of in-house clubs etc. Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. M/S BHARADWAJ ASSOCIATES Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR PROHIBITION EXCISE The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: Ms. B.Swathi, learned counsel represented on behalf of M/s Bharadwaj Associates, learned counsel for the petitioners on record and stated that due to the change excise policy, the present Writ Petition has rendered infructuous and the same is also endorsed on the bundle. Recording the above representation made on behalf of the writ petitioners, the present Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________ JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO Date: 18.11.2025 siva 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION No.29929 of 2024 Date: 18.11.2025 siva