HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18562 of 2008 Date : 09.12.2011 Between : Kum. Nunna Sesha Kumari. …..Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Department of Civil Supplies & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18562 of 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is ﬁled in the year 2008 by the petitioner, who is a fair price shop dealer for distribution of essential commodities in Tallapudi village and Mandal of West Godavari District. In the writ petition, he has questioned the notiﬁcation issued by the respondents, calling for applications for appointment of dealer in his place. It is the case of the petitioner that as he was holding valid authorisation, respondents have no authority to issue notiﬁcation calling for applications for appointment of another dealer in his place. A detailed counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, who is the appointing authority as per the provisions under the A.P. Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008, framed under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act. In the counter, respondents have referred to several irregularities alleged to have been committed by the petitioner, but it is not necessary to deal with such allegations in the present writ petition. In the counter aﬃdavit, it is stated that in view of seizure of stocks from the premises of the petitioner, proceedings are initiated under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and further, it is stated that authorisation of the petitioner was valid only upto 31.03.2000, and thereafter, petitioner has not ﬁled any application by paying requisite fee, for renewal of the authorization for the period beyond 31.03.2000. Though time was taken for ﬁling reply aﬃdavit, no reply aﬃdavit is ﬁled and there is also no representation on behalf of petitioner. As there is no renewal of the authorization granted to the petitioner for the period beyond 31.03.2000, there will not be any impediment for the respondents to take steps for appointing the fair price shop dealer. In view of the averment in the counter that the authorization of petitioner was valid only upto 31.03.2000 and there is no application for renewal, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, permitting the respondents to take steps for ﬁlling up the vacancy of fair price shop dealer for the shop in question, in accordance with law. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 9th December 2011 ajr