The Telangana High Court on Saturday refused to grant a stay on the writ petition challenging the state government’s extension of the last date for filing applications for retail liquor shop (A4) licences and reserved the matter for orders.

The Bench of Justice N Tukaramji had on Friday questioned the legality of the state government’s extension of the last date for filing applications for retail liquor shop (A4) licences.

After the conclusion of the arguments, the Bench stated: “Since the matter is reserved, any steps taken by the respondent authorities will be subject to the result of the writ petition.”

The court also sought a short written synopsis from the state’s counsel by Monday.

The writ petition by D Venkateshwara Rao and others has sought to declare the memo, which extended

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