WP(C) 5241/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T VAIPHEI Heard Mr MH Choudhury, the learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr G Soren, the learned counsel for the State respondents. Also heard Mr R Ali, the l earned counsel for the private respondents. The petitioners are stated to be the shareholders of Rangapani No.2 G.P. Samabay Samity Ltd., who are getting their PDS Commodities from the said societ y. The out going Chairman of the society had decided to appoint the private resp ondents as new agents of the society without the approval of the Executive Commi ttee and without giving any notice to the new Chairman or villagers. The license s were already issued to the new agents. On coming to know of this, the members of public have filed their complaints to the respondent No.4. On the basis of th e aforesaid complaints, the respondent No.4 passed an order for maintenance of s tatus-quo in so far as the PDS Commodities are concerned. This prompted the priv ate respondents to file W.P. (C) No. 3816 of 2010 against the petitioners herein . This writ petition is still pending for disposal. At the same time, the petiti oners have also filed this writ petition seeking cancellation of the licenses al ready issued to the private respondents as new agents of Rangapani No.2 G.P. Sam abay Samity Ltd. At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioners concedes that the petitioners has wrongly approached this Court to ventilate their griev ances when there is an alternative remedy provided for by Section 29 (a) of the Assam Public Distribution of Articles Order, 1982 and that the writ petition may be disposed of by this Court by directing the petitioners to file an appeal bef ore the State Govt. under Section 29 (1) (a) of the Assam Public Distribution of Articles Order, 1982 by condoning the delay. This Court has no difficulty in di recting the petitioners to approach the statutory appellate authority but cannot condone the delay as the question of condonation is to be considered by the app ellate authority. However, it shall be open to the petitioners to file an appeal by invoking the provisions of Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963. The appel late authority will examine such an application as and when file by the petition ers and dispose of the same in accordance with law. The writ petition is disposed of with the above terms.