THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.19642 of 2009 DATED:16.09.2009 Between: M.Mogulaiah. ..... PETITIONER And The Collector (Civil Supplies), Karimnagar, Karimnagar District, And others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.19642 of 2009 ORDER: According to the petitioner, he is an authorized Fair Price Shop dealer of shop No.1210 of Mothukulagudem, Jammikunta Village and Mandal in Karimnagar District, and the said authorization is valid up to 31.03.2010. The Assistant Supply Officer and others visited the said Fair Price Shop on 08.09.2009. As there was some variation, they seized the entire commodities from the said shop under the cover of panchanama, registered a case under Section 3(6) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (the Act, for brevity), and reported the same to the District Collector. The petitioner gave a representation to the District Collector on 10.09.2009 stating that the said variation is minor, and the same is permissible. However, as no action has been initiated, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. 3. Now that proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act have been initiated and the petitioner also gave a representation on 10.09.2009 to the District Collector, without expressing any view on the contention raised by the learned Counsel for the petitioner, this Court is of the view that the Writ Petition can be disposed of with a direction to the District Collector – first respondent herein, to complete the said enquiry at the earliest, preferably, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If for any reason, the said proceedings initiated under Section 6-A of the Act are not decided within the time specified above, the respondents are hereby directed to continue the petitioner as Fair Price Shop dealer pending consideration of the said proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act. 4. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 16th September, 2009 vs