IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15050 of 2008 Between: Smt. G.Prasanna M/s. Bala Filing Station IOC Dealer, Bestavaripeta Junction 523334,Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Rep.by its Chief Divisional Retail Sales Manager Divisional Office Vijayawada 2 The Chief Retail Sales Manager Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Narasapur House,Himayathnagar, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, in the nature of a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ direction or order declaring the action of the 1st respondent in suspending the sales from all the 4 dispensing units in the writ petitioner retail outlet as illegal and void and direct the 1st respondent to re-calibrate/re stamps the totaliser seals by Weights & Measures Department and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KAMLAKAR Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.P.V.SANJAY KUMAR The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO :15050 of 2008 ORDER: Heard Sri E.Manohar, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and Sri P.V. Sanjay Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. On 2.3.2008, the petitioner’s outlet, i.e., retail outlet of the Indian Oil Corporation, was inspected by the company officials and on allegation of tampering of seals and adulteration of the Petroleum Products, sales were suspended. A show cause notice was issued on 11.4.2008 to which the petitioner submitted her explanation. The suspension of the sales in the petitioner’s outlet continues since 3.3.2008. The grievance of the petitioner is as to the delay on the part of the respondents in finalizing the eventual decision pursuant to the show cause notice dated 11.4.2008, on the inspection of her premises on 2.3.2008. Sri Sanjay Kumar, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents states that the process of passing final orders is underway and final orders will be passed within a week. In view of the above submission and recording the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to pass final orders pursuant to the show cause notice dated 11.4.2008 within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J DATE: 14th July, 2008 pnb