IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8520 of 2008 Between: Pamula Lingaiah S/o.Ramaiah R/o.Immampet Village, Suryapet Mandal, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nalgonda District, Nalgonda. 2 The Joint Collector, Nalgonda District, Nalgonda. 3 The REvenue Divisional Officer-cum-Civil Supplies, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. 4 The Tahsildar, Suryapet Mandal, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2 in not passing orders in the appeal filed by the petitioner against order, dated 18.02.2008 passed by respondent No.3, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner is a fair price shop dealer of shop No.2 of Immampet Village, Suryapet Mandal, Nalgonda District. On the basis of inspection carried out on 02.07.2007, proceedings for cancellation of his fair price shop authorization were initiated and respondent No.3 by his order, dated 18.02.2008 cancelled his fair price shop authorization. The petitioner claims that he filed an appeal before respondent No.2 on 10.03.2008 along with an application for stay under Clause 20(1) of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001. The grievance of the petitioner is that though substantial time elapsed since then, respondent No.2 has not passed any other either on the stay application or in the appeal filed by him. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies and perused the record, I am of the view that interests of justice would be met if respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.11282 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 18th APRIL, 2008 kvni