IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14994 of 2009 Between: 1 V. Venkat Reddy, S/o. Ranga Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 V. Govind Reddy, S/o. Ranga Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 V. Ranga Reddy, S/o. Sanga Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 4 V. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, S/o. Sanga Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 5 P. Prabhakar Reddy, S/o. Ranga Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 6 Narsimha Reddy, S/o. Malla Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 7 Mallamma, W/o. Subhan Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 8 Rathnamma, W/o. Venkat Reddy, R/o. Chakrampalli Village, Moinpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 9 M,. Sanga Reddy. S/o. Ranga Reddy, R/o. Berelli Village, Bantaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Assistant Supply Officer(Enforcement) Urban and his team, Ranga Reddy District O/o. District Collector, Ranga Reddy District at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.V.H.V.R.R.SWAMY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare seizure of 730 quintals of red gram under panchanama, dated 17.07.2009 as illegal. The petitioners, who are agriculturists, claim that 730 quintals of red gram, which was produced by them in different quantities in their agricultural fields and stored in the godown belonging to one Kajjam Ramachandraiah, was seized on the ground that they contravened condition Nos.3(i) and 3(II) to (VI) and Clause 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licensing, Storage and Regulation) Order, 2008. They further claim that they filed an application before respondent No.2 for release of the seized red gram and that so far, the same has not been disposed of. They apprehend that respondent No.2 is likely to order for interim disposal of the seized stock even before disposal of their application for its release. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil supplies, I am of the view that as the petitioners’ application for release of the seized stock is stated to be pending, interests of justice would be met if respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the said application, if pending before him, within a period of two (2) weeks from today. Till disposal of the said application, the seized stock shall not be sold. Ordered accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.19694 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 27th JULY, 2009. kvni