IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20254 of 2004 Between: Malereddi Ramadevi, W/o. Sambi Reddy, Lankelakurapadu Village, Muppalla Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur Town, Guntur District.-522 004. 2 Myla Sobhan Babu, S/o. Nageswar Rao, Lankelakurapadu Village, Muppalla Mandal, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ or order or direction, more particularly one that in that in the nature of Writ of Mandamus calling the records in proceedings in Rc.No.1013/03 B dt. 11-10-2004 and set aside the selection of the 2nd respondent as the dealer of Fair Price Shop in Lankelakurapadu Village, Muppalla Mandal, Guntur District, declaring the said selection as illegal and unconstitutional and consequently direct the 1st respondent to fill up the vacancy of same FPS with woman candidate, more particularly from DWACRA Group, Lankelakurapadu Village. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: Against the impugned order, whereunder the 2nd respondent herein has been appointed as an authorized dealer of the fair price shop in question, an efficacious alternative remedy is available by way of an appeal to the Joint Collector. Without exhausting the said alternative remedy, the petitioner cannot maintain this writ petition. Accordingly, granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedy as available under the statute, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ 04-11-2004 vs To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur Town, Guntur District.-522 004. 2 2CCs to the G.P for Civil Supplies, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad(O.U.T) 3 2CD copies