THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO.18381 OF 2005 DATED: 20-08-2005 BETWEEN; Smt.E.Prasanna Kumari wife of EVN. Chary ..PETITIONER VS. The Joint Collector, R.R.District and another ..RESPONDENTS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO.18381 OF 2005 ORAL ORDER Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies for the respondents. The petitioner is a retail kerosene shop licensee of shop No.733, Ranga Reddy District. By proceedings dated 15-03-2005 the petitioner’s licence was suspended under Rule 28(2) of A.P.Petroleum Products (L&RS) Orders 1980. Aggrieved, the petitioner preferred an appeal to the Joint Collector. As the Joint Collector was not disposing of the appeal, she preferred a writ petition No.5647 of 2005. The writ petition was disposed of at the stage of admission, directing the appellate authority to dispose of any interim application filed by the petitioner within a period of four (4) weeks and till then directing that the suspension of the petitioner’s licence remain suspended. The 1st respondent-appellate authority declined grant of interim order on 27-062005 while directing the posting of the main appeal for hearing. Meanwhile, the 2nd respondent issued a show-cause notice dated 28-03-2005 listing out three charges of irregularity, in the running of the business , called upon to show-cause and proposed an enquiry into the charges. The petitioner submitted his explanation on 02-04-2005. Another grievance in this writ petition is that despite the order of this Court in W.P.No.5647 of 2005 directing suspension of the suspension proceedings till the disposal of the stay petition by the 1st respondent, the respondents have not supplied kerosene to the petitioner, even though the stay petition was rejected by the Joint Collector on 27-06-2005. In respect of this particular grievance, the appropriate remedy for the petitioner is to move proceedings by way of contempt and not another writ petition. The principal grievance of the petitioner however is regarding the interminable pendency of the enquiry against him in respect of the charges alleged in the 2nd respondent’s proceedings dated 15-03-2005. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission, directing the 2nd respondent to expeditiously and in any event within a period of six(6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order, initiate and conclude the regular enquiry into the allegations made against the petitioner in the charge memo-cum- show-cause notice dated 15-03-2005. The 2nd respondent shall record a decision on the charges duly recording reasons for the decision. The order of the 2nd respondent shall be communicated to the petitioner within the aforesaid time. No order as to costs. _________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J 20th AUGUST,2005 *TSNR