THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5068 of 2011 Date:04.03.2011 Between: Smt.A.Leela ..... Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Krishna at Machilipatnam and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Kowturu Vinaya Kumar Counsel for Respondents: AGP for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside proceedings in Rc.B.186/2011, dated 11.02.2011, of respondent No.2. The petitioner is fair price shop dealer of shop No.10, Ventrapragada Village, Pedaparupudi Mnadal, Krishna District. On the basis of an inspection, her authorisation was initially suspended by respondent No.3 through his order, dated 12.11.2010. Simultaneously, proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) were initiated. Before the expiry of period of suspension, respondent No.2 issued the impugned proceedings, by which, he extended the order of suspension till completion of proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, I am of the opinion that respondent No.2 has committed an error in keeping the enquiry pending awaiting conclusion of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act. The scope of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act and the enquiry pending under the provisions of the A.P.State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008 is different and distinct from each other. As respondent No.2 is vested with the independent power and authority to hold and complete the enquiry and pass a final order without awaiting the outcome of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, there is no need for him to wait till the completion of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act. In this view of the matter, while declining to interfere with the extension of order of suspension of the petitioner’s fair price shop authorisation, respondent No.2 is directed to hold and complete the enquiry and pass a final order, after giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.6276 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 04th March, 2011 VGB