IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 10851 of 2008 Between: T.Jayamma D/o. Talari Chindambarappa, F.P Shop Dealer R/o.Madigubba Village,Atmakur(M) Anantapur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Anantapur District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Anantapur,Anantapur District 3 The Tahasildar Atmakuru Mandal Anantapur District .....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 issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing the notification Rc D1/C2/850/08 dt.15-4-2008 during the pendency of the appeal Rc No.K3/ATP/338/2007 dt.18-3-2008 before the 1st respondent is illegal arbitrary and contrary to the principles of natural justice and consequently suspend the notification Rc D1/C2/850/8 dt.15-4-2008 of the 2nd respondent by permitting the petitioner to Distribute the Essential Commodities to the card holders Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. The grievance of the petitioner is that against the cancellation of his authorization as a fair price shop dealer of Madigubba Village, Atmakur Mandal, Ananthapur District, he had filed an appeal before the Joint Collector and the same is pending. During the pendency of the said appeal, a notification has been issued calling for applications for the said fair price shop. The apprehension of the petitioner is that if the vacancy is filled up with a permanent dealer, it may prejudice his interest in the appeal. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to make any permanent arrangement to the fair price shop in question during the pendency of the appeal filed by the petitioner. C.V.RAMULU,J DT.21.5.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Joint Collector, Anantapur District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Anantapur,Anantapur District 3 The Tahasildar Atmakuru Mandal Anantapur District 4 2CCs to GP for Civil Supplies, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 5 2CD copies