IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25367 of 2008 Between: Kudipudi Padmavathi, D/o. Adi Narayana Shop No.36, Krapa Palem, Inavalli Mandalam, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, East Godavari at Kakinada. 2 Revenue Divisional officer, Amalapuram. 3 Tahsildar, Inavalli, Inavalli Mandalam, East Godavari. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction more in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders on the interim application filed by the petitioner and also not disposing of the appeal of the petitioner filed against the proceedings dated 06.02.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent suspending the petitioners authorization for dealership of F.P.Shop No.36 at Krapa Palem, Inavalli Mandalam, East Godavari District, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose off of the appeal filed by the petitioner immediately and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.M.BHASKARA LAKSHMI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25367 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent is not passing any order on the interim application filed by the petitioner and not disposing of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the proceedings, dated 06-02-2008, issued by the 2nd respondent suspending the authorization of the dealership in respect of Fair Price Shop No.36, Krapa Palem, Invalli Mandal, East Godavar District, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of the petitioner that she was allotted Fair Price Shop No.36 at Krapa Palem, Inavalli Mandal, East Godavari District, in the year 1991. From the date of allotment, she has been distributing essential commodities to the cardholders without any complaint whatsoever. While that being so, the authorization held by the petitioner against Fair Price Shop No.36, Krapa Palem, Inavalli Mandal, East Godavari District, was suspended pending enquiry, by the 2nd respondent, through order, dated 06-02-2008. Being aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed an appeal along with stay application before the 1st respondent. But, so far, neither stay application is ordered nor appeal is taken up for hearing. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner, against the order, dated 06-02-2008, passed by the 2nd respondent, suspending the authorization of the dealership of Fair Price Shop No.36, Krapa Palem, Inavalli Mandal, East Godavari District, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 19-11-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}