THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.15139 of 2007 ORDER : The grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that the first respondent/Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District has not renewed the authorisation in respect of the petitioner’s fair price shop despite submitting the required application. The brief facts are that the petitioner was appointed as a permanent fair price shop dealer in respect of shop No.1, N.G.Padu Village and Mandal in the year 1993 and he was running the shop after obtaining renewals from time to time. The last renewal fell due in the month of March, 2007. He therefore allegedly filed an application on 23-01-2007 along with a Demand Draft and as no action was taken, he submitted another petition on 17-03- 2007 along with a challan dated 15-03-2007. He filed another petition on 13- 07-2007 and despite the said repeated requests, the licence was not renewed. It is the case of the petitioner that since he has filed the application for renewal well within time in the prescribed manner, he is entitled for renewal of the licence. The Respondent No.1/Revenue Divisional Officer has filed counter- affidavit. He denied that the petitioner filed application either on 23-01-2007 or on 17- 03-2007. It is stated that an application was filed only on 12-07-2007 and since the application was not filed within the prescribed time, the said application cannot be treated as valid as the licence expired on 31-03-2007 itself. According to clause 5(5)(ii) of the A.P.State Public Distribution System Control Order 2003 an application for renewal should be made within one month after the expiry of the validity of the licence along with the prescribed fee and if no such application is made within the said period, the authorisation would seize to be valid. In the instant case even though the petitioner has stated that he made an application on 23-01-2007 and also on 17-03-2007, the respondent has specifically denied it. The petitioner could not substantiate his statement by filing some material to show that the application was in fact made within the prescribed time. In the absence of some material, I am inclined to accept the statement of the first respondent/Revenue Divisional Officer that no such application was made within the prescribed time. The petitioner is, therefore, not entitled for renewal of the licence as sought for. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 08th October, 2010. skmr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.15139 of 2007 Date : 08-10-2010 Between : Chunduru Tirupathaiah .. Petitioner and The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District and another .. Respondents