THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3997 of 2011 Date:21.02.2011 Between: G. Revathi ..... Petitioner AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri V.V.Anil Kumar Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside the proceedings in Rc.No.43/11/A dated 15.02.2011, whereby respondent No.1 suspended the petitioner’s fair price shop authorization. A perusal of the impugned proceedings shows that on certain allegations, which were allegedly detected during the inspection of the fair price shop, the petitioner’s authorization has been suspended. Before doing so, respondent No.1 has issued a show-cause notice and called for explanation from the petitioner. Respondent No.1, while terming the explanation as not satisfactory, suspended the petitioner’s authorization. Respondent No.1 is only a disciplinary authority, which is conferred with the limited power of suspension of authorization for a period not exceeding 90 days pending further action by the appointing- cum-disciplinary authority i.e., respondent No.2. Having called for explanation from the petitioner, respondent No.1 failed to advert to its contents. By a cryptic observation that the explanation is not satisfactory, respondent No.1 rejected the same. As the impugned proceedings do not conform to Clause 7(5) of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008, the same cannot be sustained. Accordingly, the impugned proceedings dated 15.02.2011 of respondent No.1 are set aside with liberty to respondent No.2 to examine the case and take appropriate action pending enquiry into the alleged irregularities against the petitioner. With the above direction the Writ Petition is allowed. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.4947 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 21st February, 2011 GHN