IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 24526 of 2008 Between: Thadakamalla Posetti S/o.Bhoomalingam R/o. Old Beedu Bazar, Jangaon, Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Warangal. 2 The Dy. Tahsildar (CS) Jangaon, Warangal 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, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st resposndent in passing the order in ECAC No.100/2008, dated 13.10.2008 directing the 2nd respondent to conduct open auction for sale of seized stock of 55.15 quintals of rice and 22.00 quintals of broken rice belongs to the petitioner, is illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violation of principles of natural justice, and pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 24526 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the order dated 13-10-2008 passed by the ﬁrst respondent directing the second respondent to conduct open auction for sale of seized stock of 55.15 quintals of rice and 22.00 quintals of broken rice belonging to the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government pleader for civil supplies appearing for the respondents. Admittedly the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) is pending before the ﬁrst respondent and the impugned order was passed under Sub-section (2) of Section 6-A of the Act. Since no case is made out to show that the stock seized is subject to speedy and natural decay, instead of selling the same by public auction pending enquiry, ends of justice would be met if the enquiry itself is completed expeditiously. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to dispose of the enquiry pending under Section 6-A of the Act, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the seized stock shall not be sold, if not already sold. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 07-11-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP