IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 13093 of 2008 Between: 1 M.S. Basavaraj S/o. Shvanandappa R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 2 M. Devaputraiah S/o. M. Narasappa R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 3 B.N. Ratnamma W/o. Late N.K.B. Narasimhulu R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 4 C.S. Bhagya Lakshmi W/o. Late Srinivasulu R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 5 N. Anand S/o. N. Hanumanthappa R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 6 V. Shiva Shankarappa S/o. V. Gangappa R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 7 T. Venkatesh S/o. T. Ellaiah R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 8 M. Naga Raja Char S/o. M. Krishna Char R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 9 P. Rama Krishna Reddy S/o. P. Nanja Reddy R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. 10 B. Nanjundappa S/o. Late B. Thimmaiah R/o. Hindpur Town, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary to Government, Civil Supplies Department at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Ananthapur. 3 The Joint Collector, Ananthapur. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Penukonda, Ananthapur District. 5 The Tahsildar, Hindupur, Ananthapur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs, order or direction declaring the action of the respondent authorities in seeking to undertake the process of reorganisation of fair price shops in Hindupur Town of Ananthapur District, without folloiwng the guidelines contained in G.O.Ms.No.35, Consumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies (CS.1) Department, dt. 17.09.2007, issued by first respondent, as illegal and arbitrary by directing the Respondent authorities to take up rationalization of fair price shops in Hindupur Town of Ananthapur District, stricitly as per the guidelines contained in G.O.Ms.No.35, dt. 17.09.2007, referred to above; Award Costs and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. The writ petition is premature. It is filed apprehending that the respondents will not comply with the administrative instructions issued in G.O.Ms.No.35, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies (CS.I) Department, dated 17-9-2007. There is nothing pleaded nor shown to this Court that the bifurcation of the fair price shop has taken place to the detriment of the petitioner as yet. In the absence of any formal order of bifurcation, there is no litigable grievance of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to pursue remedies as and when the cause of action arises. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 24th June, 2008 GRR