THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.24989 of 2009 DATE:18.11.2009 Between: Boddu Sandhya Rani ... Petitioner and The Joint Collector, East Godavari District and others ... Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.24989 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondents 2 and 3 in not supplying the essential commodities to her fair price shop, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that she was appointed as a dealer in respect of fair price shop No.25 of Arikirevula Village, Biccavolu Mandal, East Godavari District, in the year 1994 and since then she has been distributing the essential commodities to the cardholders without any blemish. While so, on 04.11.2009 the officials of the Civil Supplies Department intercepted the tractor and trailer of one Karri Satyanarayana of Chintapally village, and seized about 27 quintals of rice. It seems that the said Satyanarayana stated to the revenue officials that on the instructions of her husband, the seized rice was being transported. On the same day, the revenue officials inspected her shop and registered a case against her under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short "the Act") on the ground that there is a variation of 2.81 quintals of PDS rice. She has nothing to do with the said transaction. But, subsequently respondents 2 and 3 abruptly stopped supply of essential commodities to her fair price shop, though her authorisation is in subsistence till 31.03.2011. The same is questioned in this writ petition. 3. Heard both the learned counsel. 4. The authorisation of the petitioner is valid upto 31.03.2011. So as long as her authorisation is in force, in my considered view, the respondents shall supply the essential commodities to her fair price shop. Mere pendency of a case under Section 6-A of the Act against the petitioner, is not a ground to stop supply of the essential commodities to her fair price shop. Therefore, this Court is of the view that the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to supply the essential commodities to the fair price shop of the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to supply the essential commodities to the fair price shop of the petitioner enabling her to distribute the same to the cardholders, so long as her authorisation is in force. However, this order will not preclude the respondents to initiate necessary action against the petitioner, in accordance with the provisions of the A.P.State Public Distribution (Control) Order, 2008. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 18th November, 2009 CBS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.24989 of 2009 (Disposed of) 18th November, 2009 CBS