IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11469 of 2009 Between: Sai Krupa Trading Company, Door No.2-2-24/3, Subash Gunj, Zaheerabad, Medak District rep.by its Proprietor B.Ramesh S/o.Vital Rao, aged about 49 years ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, (Civil Supplies) Medak District at Sangareddy 2 The Tahsildar,Zaheerabad,Medak District 3 The Mandal Revenue Inspector,Zaheerabad Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: ORDER: The action of the respondents, in seizing 140 quintals of Sona Masuri rice on 18-05-2009, is questioned in this Writ Petition. The above said stock was seized on the ground that the same was transported from Nagpur, Maharashtra and being unloaded into the shop of the petitioner. It is stated in the Panchanama that as proper documents were not produced, the stock was seized. On the previous two occasions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies has taken time for filing counter-affidavit. Today, he reported to the Court that he received parawise remarks and due to paucity of time, he could not file counter-affidavit. He further stated that his instructions, reflected from the parawise remarks, show that the stock was seized as the petitioner failed to produce relevant documents at the time of seizure and that after filing of this Writ Petition, it produced all the relevant documents. In view of this submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, the Writ Petition is disposed of. Respondent No.1 shall release the seized stock, on his being satisfied that the documents produced by the petitioner pertain to the seized stock and that they conform to the legal requirements, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that if respondent No.1 decides to proceed with the proceedings, already initiated under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, release of the seized stock shall be subject to the result of the said proceedings. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.14763 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 22nd June, 2009 LUR