IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22993 of 2008 Between: D. Gangaiah, S/o. d. Veeraiah, R/o. H.No. 46/679/7A1, Budavaripeta, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 3 The Assistant Supply Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in keeping the petitioner's authorization under suspension beyond the period of three months without passing any ﬁnal orders in the enquiry initiated in the month of April, 2008 as illegal, arbitrary, and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to restore the authorization of the petitioner's Fair Shop, pending the enquiry. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.V.RAGHU VEER Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 22993 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner herein is the authorized dealer of the fair price shop No.68 of Kurnool District. His authorization was suspended pending enquiry by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Kurnool by order dated 04-01- 2008. Thereafter, though a show cause notice was issued on 04-04-2008 and immediately thereafter, the petitioner submitted his explanation, the enquiry has not yet been completed. Aggrieved by the said action of the respondents, which resulted in continuing the petitioner under suspension for the past more than 10 months, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. Since the enquiry is pending before the second respondent, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to complete the enquiry pending against the petitioner following due process of law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 22-10-2008 KLP