IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20297 of 2008 Between: V. Naga Maddilety, S/o. V. Nagaiah, R/o. Goverdhanagiri Village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Tahsildar, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool 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 an appropriate Writ, or order or directionmore particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not allotting the essential commodities to the petitioner inspite of orders issued by the 1st respondent as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to supply the essential commodities forthwith to the petitioner's fair price shop and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.U.RAMANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20297 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner herein is the authorized dealer of fair price shop of Goverdhanagiri village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. His authorization was suspended pending enquiry on 30.05.2005 alleging certain irregularities. However, after conducting due enquiry, the ﬁrst respondent by order dated 10.08.2008 restored the authorization of the petitioner imposing a ﬁne of Rs.5,000/-. Pursuant thereto the ﬁrst respondent vide proceedings dated 22.08.2008 requested the second respondent to allow the petitioner to continue as fair prices shop dealer and allot the essential commodities to him stating that the petitioner has already remitted the ﬁne amount vide Challan dated 19.08.2008. Alleging that in spite of the said orders, the second respondent failed to release the essential commodities for distribution to the card holders, the present Writ Petition is filed. The learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, stated that by the date of the order of the ﬁrst respondent the essential commodities for the month of September were already released in favour of the temporary dealer. It is also represented by the learned Government Pleader that if the petitioner makes the payment towards the cost of the essential commodities for the month of October 2008 and also complies with the other requirements with regard to the renewal of the authorization, the commodities would be released for the month of October 2008. Accordingly, recording the statement of the learned Government Pleader, this Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ------------------- G. ROHINI, J. 24.09.2008 C.C. in two days B/o kvsn ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SPJS}