IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18093 of 2007 Between: Sri Nellisetti Sarveswara Rao, S/o.Raghavaiah, R/o.Navabpeta, Eluru, W.G.Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, W.G.District, Eluru, 2 The Assistant Grain Purchasing Officer, Eluru, West Godavari 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 may be pleased to Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring the impugned memo of the 1st respondent in Roc.CS-I/49/2007 dated 19-7-2007 in directing the petitioner to furnish a bank guarantee for Rs.70,256/-duly obtaining in favour of the Joint Colloector, W.G. District, .Eluru, for a period of 3 years validity, from any nationalized bank of Eluru city, for considering release of the stocks seized in the case, as illegal, arbitrary, biased unconstitutional, against the principles of natural justice, voilative of the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act and Control Orders of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and consequently direct the respondent No 2 to release the seized stocks of 70 quintals of rice in 142 bags of the petitioner with out insisting upon the bank guarantee and to pass such other order or orders which are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI D..LALITHA PRASAD, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Govt. Pleader for Civil Supplies for the respondents, the Court made the following: …Contd… ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. 2 CCs to the Govt. Pleader for Civil Supplies, High court of A.P.Hyderabad. (O.U.T)(BY SPL. MESSENGER) 2. One C.C.to Sri D. Lalitha Prasad,Advocate. (BY SPL. MESSENGER) 3. One spare copy. HIGH COURT PSN.J. DATED 11-10-2007 ORDER W.P.NO. 18093 OF 2007 DIRECTION Bsr Dt,. 22-10-2007 HIGH COURT PSN.J. DATED 11-10-2007 ORDER W.P.NO. 18093 OF 2007 DIRECTION