IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11791 of 2009 Between: Devender Sharma S/o.Pusharam Sharam R/o.H.No.11-120, Yedpally village and Revenue Mandal Nizamabad District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt of AP., rep.by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The District Collector,Nizamabad 3 The Joint Collector,Nizamabad 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Bodhan ,Nizamabad District 5 The Tahsildar, yedpally Mandal, District Nizamabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.ACHUTHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: Seizure of 16 quintals of rice, 16 quintals of broken rice and 27 quintals of paddy from the petitioner’s mill by the officials of Civil Supplies Department and the order of respondent No.3 directing interim disposal of the said seized stock is questioned in this writ petition. By order, dated 17.06.2009, this Court while granting notice to the respondents, directed them not to auction the seized stock unless the petitioner’s application for release of seized stock was disposed of. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies submitted that after respondent No.3 passed order on 08.06.2009 for interim disposal of seized stock, the petitioner filed an application for release of stock on 11.06.2009. The learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that immediately after receiving the show cause notice, the petitioner filed his application for release of seized stock. Considering the fact that the stock seized from the petitioner comprises small quantities, the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) were initiated against the petitioner and the show cause notice has already been issued to him by respondent No.3, I find it expedient to direct respondent No.3 to dispose of the proceedings initiated against the petitioner under Section 6-A of the Act, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till then, the seized stock shall not be sold in pursuance of the interim disposal order passed by respondent No.3. Ordered accordingly. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th JUNE, 2009. kvni