THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :2028 of 2009 DATED: 05-10-2009 Between: G.Seshapani. ..... PETITIONER And The Joint Collector, Kurnool District & another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner was appointed as the Fair Price Shop dealer some thirty years back but on the ground that he is involved in a criminal case his authorization was suspended by the 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool District on 05-11- 2007. Questioning the said order of suspension, petitioner preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent-Joint Collector, Kurnool but no orders have been passed so far. Hence, he approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner; learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents 1 & 2. 3. Taking the fact that the authorization was suspended in the month of November, 2007 and the appeal is pending for a period of more than one year, this Court was pleased to grant interim order on 06-02-2009 suspending the order of suspension, dated 05-11-2007. 4. Now that the 3rd respondent is claiming that he is appointed as temporary dealer and has been distributing the scheduled commodities, this Court is of the view that it may not be necessary to go into the said aspect as to who is distributing the scheduled commodities to the card holders. Admittedly, the enquiry regarding the involvement of the petitioner in a criminal case, is pending before the 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, i.e., the original authority. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders at the earliest, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool shall direct the parties to maintain status quo as on today. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ T.GOPALAKRISHNA,J 05th October, 2009. Note: Furnish C.C. of the order within two days. B/o Tsy