IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 21012 of 2008 Between: M/s.Srinivasa Traders(Fertilizer Dealerl) Asnad Road Chennur, Adilabad District Rep.by its Proprietor Srinivas,S/o Malla Reddy Chennur ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P rep.by its Commissioner and Director of Agriculture Gunfoundry Hyderabad 2 The Assistant Director of Agriculture Chennur,Adilabad 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings of the 2nd respondent in C/FCO/23/2008-09 dt 11-9-2008 as being arbitrary illegal, unreasonable and in gross violation of principles of natural justice and also contrary to Clause(31) of Fertilizer(Control) order 1985 and set aside the same by declaring all the consequential steps taken by the respondents in pursuance of the impugned proceedings as void and illegal. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR. P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.21012 OF 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the proceedings of the 2nd respondent dated 11.09.2008 thereby suspending the fertilizer licence of the petitioner in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 31 of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985 (for short, ‘Control Order’) for a period of 21 days as arbitrary and illegal. Various contentions have been raised by the petitioner including that the period of suspension cannot exceed 15 days from the date of issue of order of suspension. However, when the matter is taken up for consideration, the learned Government Pleader, under instructions, submitted that by subsequent order dated 25.09.2008 the licence of the petitioner was cancelled with immediate eﬀect under clause-31 (1) of the Control Order. In view of the above said orders, no further enquiry is necessary in this writ petition. Accordingly, granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to challenge the subsequent order of cancellation dated 25.9.2008 by working out the appropriate remedy as available under law, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 29.09.2008 gbs Note:- CC in 2 days. (B/O) gbs