IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20468 of 2008 Between: K. Satyanarayana Raju S/o. Mati RAju R/o. Tetali Village, Tanuku Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Consumer Affairs Food & Civil Supplies (CS-I) Department, Rep. by its Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector (Civil Supplies Wing), West Godavari District at Eluru. 3 Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur, West Godavari District. 4 Tahsildar, Tanuku Mandal, Tanuku, West Godavari 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 to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ , order or direction declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in issuing the impugned Notiﬁcation vide R.K.No.B-1372/2007 dated 02.08.2008 in respect of Shop No.51 at Item No.2 bifurcating Fair Price Shop No.47, Tetali Village, Tanuku Mandal, West Godavari District, as illegal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice and for a consequential order to drop all further proceedings in this regard and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CH.DHANAMJAYA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20468 of 2008 ORDER: Petitioner herein is an authorized dealer of the Fair Price Shop No.47 of Tetali village, Tanuku Mandal in West Godavari District. This Writ Petition is ﬁled aggrieved by the action of the respondent in bifurcating the Fair Price Shop No.47 and constituting a new shop as shop No.47-A, as well as the consequential notiﬁcation dated 02.08.2008 issued by the third respondent for appointment of a dealer to the newly created shop. Though various grounds have been raised by the petitioner assailing the impugned action of the respondents, I am not inclined to express any opinion on merits, since, admittedly, against the order of bifurcation dated 27.12.2007 an alternative remedy of appeal is available before the Director of Civil Supplies. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to work out the alternative remedy of appeal and making it clear that the appointment if any made pursuant to the notiﬁcation dated 02.08.2008 shall be subject to the result of the appeal that may be preferred by the petitioner. No order as to costs. ------------------- 19.09.2008 G.ROHINI, J. kvsn ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}