IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22295 of 2008 Between: T.Srinivas Yadav S/o. Bojjaiah H.No. 2-1-251, Chandranankunta, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P.m Rep. by its Principal Secretary Agriculture & Coop. ( Agril.Mktg.I) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of Marketing Committee, Burugual Ramakrishna Bhavan, Tankbund, Hyderabad. 3 The Joint Director of Marketing, Warangal. 4 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Suryapet, Nalgonda 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 issue any writ, order or directions, more particularly a writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing show cause notice of removal to the petitioner vide G.O.Rt.No. 1231 Agriculture and Cooperation ( AM.I) Department, dated 6-10-2008 without furnishing related documents and granting time to submit explanation is wholly illegal, arbitrary, unjust, in utter violation of principles of natural justice and contrary to Section 5(5) of the Andhra Pradesh ( Agricultural Produce & Livestock ) Markets Act, 1966 and consequently direct the 1st respondent to furnish the related documents and grant reasonable time to submit explanation to the said show cause notice and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner : SMT. B.G.UMA DEVI Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.22295 OF 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is ﬁled questioning the show-cause notice dated 6.10.2008 issued by the 1st respondent under Section 5 (5) of the A.P. (Agricultural Produce & Livestock) Markets Act, 1966 (for short, ‘the Act’) calling upon the petitioner to show-cause within a period of three (3) days from the date of receipt of the said notice as to why he should not be removed from the chairmanship of Agricultural Markets Committee, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. Having heard the learned counsel for both the parties and having regard to the only grievance of the petitioner that the 1st respondent failed to grant reasonable time to submit his explanation, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to submit his explanation on or before 20.10.2008. If any such explanation is received within the time speciﬁed above, the respondents shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders following due process of law. No order as to costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 13.10.2008 gbs Note:- C.C. by tomorrow. (B/o) gbs