THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Writ Petition No.10366 of 2007 Date: 24th September, 2007 Between :- K. Suryanarayana .. Petitioners And The Joint Collector, Civil Supplies Wing, Chittoor District, Chittoor And 3 others .. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Writ Petition No.10366 of 2007 ORDER:- This Court issued rule nisi and granted interim direction in W.P.M.P.No.13087/2007 directing the respondents to consider the candidatures of the writ petitioners, for appointment as Fair Price Shop Dealers, in case the respondents are undertaking enumeration of additional dealers at Tirupati Town. 2. The Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not giving preference to the petitioners for allotment of new Fair Price Shop Dealership in preference to the third parties at Tirupathi town in the changed circumstances as the authorization of the petitioners are valid up to 2009 as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law, opposed to the principles of natural justice and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and for a consequential direction directing the respondents to allot new Fair Price Shops to the petitioners at Tirupathi town in preference to the third parties forthwith and pass such other suitable orders. 3. Several facts had been narrated in the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition. 4. W.V.M.P.No.1600/2007 had been filed wherein several of the facts had been denied and certain additional facts had been explained. 5. However, in the light of the respective stands taken by the parties and also the interim direction which had been already made while issuing rule nisi, this Court is of the considered opinion that no further orders need be passed. Accordingly, in the light of the interim direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ Justice P.S.Narayana 24th September, 2007 smr