THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10669 of 2010 Dated 15th March, 2011 Between: M.Ram Mohan Reddy …Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri C.V.Bhaskar Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: AGP for Civil Supplies Counsel for respondent No.4: Sri K.Umapathy Counsel for respondent Nos.5 to 8: Sri G.Seena Kumar The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is the fair price shop dealer of Chiyyapadu Village, Kadapa District. He filed the present writ petition feeling aggrieved by proceedings, dated 19.04.2010, of respondent No.1, whereunder certain number of ration cards were taken away from his fair price shop and attached to the fair price shop of respondent No.4. A perusal of the impugned proceedings shows that originally the petitioner’s fair price shop was attached with 799 cards. Out of the same, 204 cards were taken away and attached to respondent No.4’s shop. After excluding the said cards, the petitioner was left with 595 cards. The State Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.35, dated 17.09.2007, rationalising the fair price shops. It has inter alia fixed the minimum number of cards for the fair price shops depending upon the area in which they are located. With regard to rural areas, it has fixed 400 BPL and 50 APL cards. From the facts noted above, it is evident that even after taking away 204 cards from the petitioner’s shop, the number of cards left with him would well conform to the above-noted norm fixed for rural areas. This position is not disputed by the learned counsel for the petitioner. In this view of the matter, I do not find any illegality in the impugned proceedings and the writ petition is therefore dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, the interim order, dated 30.04.2010, granted by this Court in W.P.M.P.No.13661 of 2010, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.13661 of 2010 and W.V.M.P.Nos.2902 and 7141 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th March, 2011 VGB