IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 18178 of 2009 Between: E.Muralidhar . .Petitioner And The Joint Collector-II, Ranga Reddy District. .. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.18178 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner filed this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the orders of the respondent passed in No.A7/390/2009 dated 13.07.2009 as null and void. Brief facts are that petitioner’s stocks of rice were seized on the ground of certain irregularities on 04.05.2009 and proceedings were initiated under section 6-A of Essential Commodities Act. After holding an enquiry, an order dated 13.07.2009 was passed by the respondent in the said proceedings, ordering confiscation of the entire stocks. Against the said order, the petitioner preferred an appeal Crl.A. No.30 of 2009 on 10.08.2009 and also filed an interim application before the District & Sessions Judge. But, however, the learned District & Sessions Judge without passing any interim orders posted the said appeal to 11.09.2009. Hence, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, though name of the petitioner is E.Muralidhar, S/o.E.Sankaraiah, the authorities passed the impugned order under Section 6-A of Essential Commodities Act in the name of E.Aravind as proprietor of Manikanta Traders. According to him, the petitioner E.Muralidhar is the proprietor of the said Manikanta Traders. The other contention canvassed by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the appellate authority i.e., the District Judge, without passing any interim orders, simply posted the appeal to 11.09.2009 and now the vigilance authorities are taking steps to get the stocks sold. Having regard to the said submissions and also taking the fact that the appeal is posted to 11.09.2009 into consideration, the respondent-Joint Collector, Rangareddy, is hereby directed not to sell the confiscated stock till 11.09.2009 and the petitioner may request the learned District Judge, Ranga Reddy District to pass necessary orders in Crl.A. No.30 of 2009 for interim relief. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) August 28, 2009 KSH