IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 10032 of 2009 Between: Duvvuri Hari Subrahmanya Reddy, S/o. Subbarami Reddy, Gurazala Indane (LPG Agency-Indian Oil Corportion Ltd), H.No.14-56/3, Near Sitarama Talkies, Sri Ramapuram, Gurazala, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate, Guntur. 3 District Supply Officer, Guntur. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ or Writs or order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the orders passed by the Joint Collector, Guntur in Rc.NO.371/2009-S7 dated 30.4.2009 suspending the Form B Licence bearing No.408/2005 in favour of M/s. Gurazala Indane (LPG) Agency, IOC Dealer, Gurazala Under Clause 28 (2) of A.P. Petroleum Products (Licensing and Regulation of Supplies) Order 1980, as bad, illegal, improper, without giving opportunity to reply to the Show Cause Notice and violtive or principles of natural justice, and to set aside, the same, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.A.ANASUYA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: It is stated that the petitioner is a LPG dealer of Indian Oil Corporation Limited having appointed as an Indane Distributor vide Lr.No.APSO/L/S/3135 DSC-1 dated 16.11.2005 by the Indian Oil Corporation. Accordingly, Licence No.408/2005 in Form-B was issued in his favour, which was valid up to 31.12.2005 and the same was renewed from time to time. While so, after issuing show cause notice as to why the B-form licence of the petitioner should not be cancelled, the Joint Collector, the second respondent herein, suspended the B-form licence of the petitioner on various allegations, vide impugned order in Rc.No.371/2009-S7 dated 30.04.2009. Against the said order of the Joint Collector, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, the first respondent herein, on 7.05.2009. It is stated that a request for grant of stay of operation of the orders passed by the Joint Collector, dated 30.04.2009 was also made, and the said application was pending before the first respondent. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the opinion that it is appropriate to direct the appellate authority to consider the stay application filed by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders before disposing of the appeal. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to consider and dispose of the stay application pending the appeal filed against the order of the second respondent dated 30.04.2009, within a period of 10 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _____________________ (V. ESWARAIAH, J.) 13th May, 2009 Js.