IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24830 of 2006 Between: M/s. Pokuri Venkata Ramaiah repbyits Sole Proprietor, Pokuri Srinivasa Kumar D. No. 9-76-34, KT Street, Kothapet Chowk, Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Agriculture, Governmentof Andhra Pradesh, Opp: LB stadium, Hyderabad. 2 the Joint Director of Agriculture, Collectorate Compound, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 Agricultural Officer (U), Office of Joint Directorof Agriculture, Collectorate Compound Guntur, Guntur District 4 The District Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NARAM.NAGESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Agriculture The Court made the following Order: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal at the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner. In this writ petition the petitioner sought for a Mandamus to declare seizure of Bengal gram weighing 10 M.T.s as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that on 28.11.2006 this Court directed release of the seized Bengal gram subject to the petitioner furnishing bank guarantee for half of its value, while permitting the respondents from taking appropriate action as per law. With the said direction, nothing remains in this writ petition for adjudication. The competent authority, viz., the District Collector is required to pass an appropriate order after holding an enquiry. If such an order has not already been passed, he is directed to pass the final order after completing the enquiry within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If such an order has already been passed, liberty is given to the petitioner to question the same by availing appropriate remedy. It is made clear that till a final order is passed by respondent No.4, the bank guarantee furnished by the petitioner shall be kept valid. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.V.M.P.No.2478 of 2006 filed by the respondents in the writ petition for vacating the interim order dated 28.11.2006 in W.P.M.P.No.31772 of 2006, and W.P.M.P.No.34960 of 2006 filed by the writ petitioner for clarification are disposed of as infructuous. _________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 26th June, 2009 GHN