HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17742 of 2010 Date 04.10.2010 Between: A.Prasad Babu. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector (CS), Chittoor, Chittoor District and others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri K.Srinivas Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17742 of 2010 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and is being disposed of with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. The Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seizing 1350 quintals of rice including broken rice as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies stated that in view of the interim order dated 23.07.2010, the seized stock has not been sold and that the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) are pending. In my opinion, it would be appropriate for respondent No.1 to dispose of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act expeditiously by keeping the seized stock without being sold pending such proceedings. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to complete the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending disposal of the proceedings, the seized stock shall not be sold. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, WPMP.No.22426 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:04.10.2010 usd