IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7689 of 2008 Between: M. Krishna, S/o. Adinarayana, R/o Kothapalli Village, Gokavaram (M), East Godavri District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, East Godavary District at kakinada, 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District 3 The Tahsildar, Gokavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.VENKATESH Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not supplying essential commodities to the fair price shop No.24 of Kothapalli Village, Gokavaram Mandal, East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to supply the essential commodities. On 30.03.2008, an inspection by the officials of the Civil Supplies Department took place leading to seizure of certain stocks from the petitioner’s fair price shop and initiation of proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The grievance of the petitioner is that though no orders have been passed by respondent Nos.2 and 3 with regard to the petitioner’s authorization, they have stopped the supply of essential commodities to the petitioner for distribution to the cardholders. Sri A.Venkatesh, learned counsel for the petitioner relied on a Full Bench judgment of this Court in Oleti Tirupathamma v. District Supply Officer (City), Visakhapatnam[1] in support of his contention that unless and until the authorization of a fair price shop dealer is cancelled or suspended, the respondents cannot withhold the supply of stocks for distribution. In the light of the above judgment of this Court, the writ petition is disposed of. It is declared that the petitioner is entitled to distribute the essential commodities so long as his authorization is not either suspended or cancelled. Ordered accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.10110 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 9th APRIL, 2008 kvni [1] 2002(1) ALD 577 (F.B.)