THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION Nos.21641, 21670 AND 21671 of 2009 17.03.2010 W.P.No.21641 of 2009 Between: G.Srinivasa Rao ….Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Krishna, At Machilipatnam, and another. …Respondents W.P.No.21670 of 2009 Between: M.Venkata Narasimha Rao ….Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Krishna, At Machilipatnam, and another. …Respondents W.P.No.21671 of 2009 Between: Shaik China Khasim ….Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Krishna At Machilipatnam, and another …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION Nos.21641, 21670 AND 21671 OF 2009 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners in these matters are licensed kerosene hawkers. Their distribution points were inspected by the Deputy Tahsildar (Enforcement), Vijayawada on 15.08.2009. On allegations that there are contraventions of Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008 (Control Order), the matter was reported to first respondent who issued show cause notice under Section 6-B of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (the Act, for brevity). Enquiry is pending. Even though there was no order of suspension by Tahsildar or Revenue Divisional Officer under clause 5(5) read with (7) of the Control Order, quota for the month of October was not supplied. Therfore, they filed these writ petitions. This Court, on 09.10.2009, while ordering notice before admission passed the following order. In the meanwhile if the petitioner’s licence is in force and there are no allegations against him, the respondents are hereby directed to release kerosene quota to the petitioner enabling him to distribute the same to the cardholders. The Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies submits that proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act were not initiated and only the Joint Collector called for report from Tahsildar. In view of the same, the writ petitions are disposed of in terms of interim order extracted hereinabove. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 17.03.2010 Pln