VELVET BEAUTY AND SPA v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: E.V. VENUGOPAL
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Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-21. VELVET BEAUTY AND SPA v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
, [32eel IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL Between: VELVET BEAUTY AND SPA, Rep. by its Proprietor B. Raju, S/o. B. Shankar, Hindu, Aged about 34 years, Occ. Business, O/o H. No. 2-1-260, Road No. 2, Mamatha Nagar Colony, Nagole, Uppal Khalsa, Medchal (Malkajgiri) ... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary Home Department, T. S. Secretariat, Hyderabad, TG-500004. 2. The Commissioner of Police, Commissionerate, Ramakrishnapuram Post, Shiva Nagar Colony. Vavupuri, Neredmet, Secunderabad, Telangana 500056. 3. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, L. B. Nagar Division, LB Nagar - Uppal Rd, Central Bank Colony. L B. Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500074. 4. The Station House Officer, Nagole Police Station, 2-1-51, Road No 2, Venkata Rarnana Colony, Mamatha Nagar.
Nagole, Hyderabad, Telangana 500068 ... RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the action of Respondents Police Officials and Officers of SOT in interfering with lawful business of petitioner shops under the guise of impugned notification No. (L and O)1M4131401201O, dated. 3010612010 passed by the 2nd respondent anl forcing the petitioners to secure similar orders from this Honourable Court as pass,ad in W. P. No 16281 of 2010 and.
batch though there is no violation' committed by the petitioners in running their SPA wellness centre as arbitrary illegal and unconstitulional and violative of Articles 1a, 19(1)(g) of the constitution of lndia and direct the resprlndsnls and their officers not to interfere in the day to day business of petitioner shop:;. F ito26 Petition urder section 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed irr support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct the respondents 2 lo 4 and their officers not to interfere in the business of petitioners, pending dispos;al of the above Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI REVELLI RAMANJANEYULU Counsel for th'a Respondents : SRI M. SRINIVAS, AGp FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOT{ THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No. 123O2 of 2O26 DATE OF ORDER: 21. O4.
2o126 Between: VELVET BEAUTY AND SPA Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, T. S. Secretariat, Hyderabad, TG-500004 and 3 others ... Respondents ORDER: This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief: ".... to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction rnre preferablg one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing tle actton of Respondents Police Officials and Olficers of SOT in interfering uith lawful business of petitioner shops under the 1 \ guise of impugned notification No. (L&O)/ M4/ 3140/ 2010, dated 30/06/2010 passed bg the 2nd respondent and forcing the I petitioners to secure similar orders from this Honourable Court / as passed in WP No.
16281 of 2O1O and batch though there is no uiolation ammitted bg the petitioners in running their SPA Wellness Centre as arbitrary illegal and urrconstitutional and uialatiue of Articles 14 and 19(1il9) of the Constitution of India and direct the respondents and their olficers not to interfere in tle dag to dag busdness of petitioner shops.... ' \r 2. W'hen the matter is. taken up for hearing, G. Chaithzrrya, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, would r;ubmit that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by the common order, passed by this Court in W. P. lrlos. 1628l of 201O and batch dated 28. Og. 2021. 3. Mr. . VI. Srinivas, learned Assistant Government pleader for Home . a. ppearing for the respondents has reported no objectio r. 4. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for both the parties, following the common order passed l:y this Court in W. p. Nos. L62gL of 2Ol0 and batch dated 2ti. O9.
2O2l, and for reasons alike, this writ petition is also disprosed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending, shall stand closed. SD/-MOHD. ISMAIL DEPUW REGISTRAR ,/TRUE COPYIT u/ SECTION OFFICER To, 1'ThePrincipalsecretaryHomeDepartment'T. S. Secretariat,TelanganaState, Hyderabad, TG-500004. 2. The corrmissioner of Police, commissionerate, Ramakrishnapuram Post, Shiva Nagar Cclony. Vavupuri, Neredmet, Secunderabad, Telangana 500056' 3. The Assistant commissioner of Police, L. B. Nagar Division, LB Nagar - Uppal Rd, Central Bank Colony. L B. Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500074' 4. The Station House fficer, Nagole Police Station,2-1-51, Road No 2, Venkata Ramana Colony, Mamatha Nagar. Nagole, Hyderabad, Telangana 500068 f \ 5. One CC to SRI REVELLI RATUANJANEYULU, Advocate. [OPUCI 6. Two CCs to GP FOR HOtvlE High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad IOUTI 7. Two CD Copies.
(Along with a copy of the Common Order, dated 28-09-2021 in WP No. 16281 of 2O1O to this Order) BSK C\ LS HIGH COURT DATED i 12110412026 # t OR l Fril 2t? i q t\? t 2 WP. Noj21302 of 2026 'rr * DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUI- COSTS eq t_ I TEIE HOTOURABLE Szu . IUSTTCE K. tAI(SHMAN I COMMON ORDER: Since the issue int'orved in a, these wrir petitions is one and the same, they are being disposed of by this cornmon order. 2' It is submitted by the [earned counser for the petitioners in arl the writ petitions and rearned Government preader for Homc that the entire batch of these Writ petitions can be disposed of in terrns of interim order dated o4-o2-2o2l in I-A. No. l ot2O2O in W. p. No_244LO of 2O2O- 3- In view of the submissions of learned counsel for both sides' these writ petitions are disposed of in terms of order dated 04-02. 2021 in I. A. No-t o[ 2O2O in W. p. No.
244tO of 2020' permitting ttre petitioners to run the massage centres, subject to maintaining a reoord in the register to be maintained by the massage centres containing the dates ot visits of the customers, their narles and verifiable addresses together with the phone numbers, so as to enable the police f I I '2 *of i to corrtact I thena on the : aspect tne request to the I l ! owner/managec/operator o[ the massage centres to provid. e ! for the help from the opposite sex. Further, it shall be open ro any police officer not berow the rank of a Sub-rnspector o[ Police attached to any potice station to verify once in a while such records maintained by the massage ceqtres and he shalr also be at libergr to verify as to whether tJre particurar customer has solicited any such special service from the massage centre or Rot.
It is also open to tlte police to take appropride action depending upon thc result of any such verification and also considerhg the fact that whether the cross massage service provided to the customers is in professional manner or not. police are also entitled to investigate into crimes, if any, rcported against the petitioners- Petitioners are arso directed not to keep the main door of the premises closed, d. uring t-I,. e working hours. subject to thesc conditions, the petitioners. may be permitted to carr5r on the business, duly taking aI[ necessary and proper precauti,ons [o ensure trrat no incident of immoral aetivity is carried on under the guise of providing rvhole body rnassage. Miscellaneous petitions pending in all the writ petitions, it any, shell-5tand cro. sed. There shart be no order as to costs- K. LAKSHMAN, J Date: 28. O9. 2O2L ,rJMR
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