THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.5994 of 2006 Dt. 27-03-2006 Between: 1. G,.V.Kishore and others ..petitioners and 1.The Joint Collector, Vizianagarm and others. ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.5994 of 2006 Oral Order: Petitioners who are said to have been issued White Ration Cards for enabling them to avail the essential commodities through public distribution system were supplied essential commodities till February, 2006 and for the month of March, 2006 onwards fair price dealer refused to distribute the essential commodities on the oral instructions of the revenue authorities not to supply the essential commodities to those card-holders whose Irish of the family members have not been captured in the computer, and the same has been published in the news paper—Eenadu on 19-03- 2006 and the reasons for such non-distribution have been mentioned. Therefore, petitioners filed the present writ petition for issuance of a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not supplying the essential commodities to the petitioners on the house hold cards issued to them on the ground that the Iris of the family members of the petitioners are not captured as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and for a direction to issue fresh computerized cards and to grant such other reliefs. On publication of such news item in the news paper petitioners have not enquired either in the R.D.O. office or made any representation to the District Collector who is the controlling authority for distribution of essential commodities to the card holders in the district straightaway moved this Court by way of present writ petition. Petitioners, if made any grievance to the R.D.O. or District Collector, they are under obligation to enquire into the complaint made by the petitioners and resolve the controversy for enabling them to draw the essential commodities without any loss of time. In view of the same, petitioners are at liberty to move the R.D.O. or the District Collector, as the case may be, complaining not distribution of essential commodities and only on failure to obtain favourable orders can move this Court. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. 27-03-2006 Murthy