HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15474 of 2002 Dated 18th July,2007 Between M.Raghava Reddy, and, ors …Petitioner and The Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District, and, anr …Respondents. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15474 of 2002 ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioners have questioned the seizure of 260 bags of rice along with vehicle bearing Registration No.CAS.5459 on 23-7-2002 at Konganapally village in connection with Crime No. 39 of 2992 registered on the file of the Station House Officer, Ramakuppam Police Station. In the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition, it is stated that the petitioners are the agriculturists and when they were transporting the rice, which was converted from their own paddy, grown in their fields, the respondents have seized the stock on the ground that they are unauthorizedly transporting the rice distributed for ‘Food for Work Programme’. At the stage of admission, this Court by order dated 27-8-2002 directed the respondents to release the seized stock. Though Writ Petition is of the year 2002, no counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents opposing this Petition. As much as the seized stock was released pursuant to the orders of this Court dated 27-8-2002, I dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction that the release of seized stock pursuant to the order of this Court shall be subject to final orders in the 6-A proceedings. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 18-7-2007 Msnr.