IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 19491 of 2008 Between: 1 M/s.Balaji Traders, D.No.18-142A, Venkateswara nagar Kurnool, Kurnool District, rep.by its Proprietor N.Jagadheesh, S/o.N.Atchaiah 2 M/s.Sri Sai Manjunatha Traders, D.No.3/165/6, markapur Road, Vinukonda, guntur District rep.by its Proprietor N.V.S.Subba Rao S/o.N.Mohan Rao, aged about 35 years 3 M/s.Sri Sai Raghavendra Traders, D.No.3/165/7, Markapur Road, Vinukonda, Guntur District rep.by its Proprietor S.Subrahamanyam S/o.Lakshmi Narayana aged about 23 years ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District 2 The Dy.Tahsildar (CS), Sirvel Mandal Kurnool District 3 The District Manager, Civil Supplies Corporation Kurnool, Kurnool District 4 AP State Ware House Corporation, Indira Gandhi Nagar, Kurnool, rep.by its Manager, B.E.Sudhakar .....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 an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in seizing the stocks of 1543.00 quintals of red gram from the 4th respondent warehouse belonging to the petitioner ﬁrm as illegal, arbitrary, and against the principles of natural justice and consequently set aside the proceedings No.DSO/CS1/E.C.No.129/2008 dated 28.8.2008. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.V.RAGHU VEER Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19491 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the action of the second respondent in seizing the stocks of 1543.00 quintals of Redgram from the fourth respondent Warehouse belonging to the petitioners under the cover of Panchanama, dated 24-07-2008, is arbitrary and illegal. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. Though various contentions have been raised by the petitioners assailing the seizure, since the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, ‘E.C. Act, 1955’) is pending, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to proceed with the enquiry under Section 6-A of the E.C. Act, 1955 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Till such time, there shall be stay of sale of the seized stock. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 09-09-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP