IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25724 of 2008 Between: Taher Ali S/o.Late Sri Hussain Ali Syed Ali Guda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Rationing Officer, Secunderabad. 2 The District Supply Officer, Secunderabad. 3 The Asst. Supply Officer, Circle No.V, Nampally, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in not considering representation of the petitioner dt. 29.08.2008 for allotment of cards to his Kerosene dealership No. 5081 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and pass any other appropriate order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25724 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies for respondents. According to the petitioner, he is the dealer of Kerosene Shop No.5081 situated at Syed Ali Guda, Hyderabad, and running the said shop since 2000. It is his case that, initially, he used to supply 6000 to 8000 liters of kerosene every month to the cardholders, but in the year 2006, the respondents have suddenly stopped supply of kerosene to his shop. Since the representations submitted by him to the respondents for allotment of kerosene did not yield any result, he was constrained to file a writ petition in W.P.No.16613 of 2007 before this Court and the same was disposed of on 23.10.2007 directing the 1st respondent- Chief Rationing Officer, Secunderabad, to consider and dispose of the representation, dated 01.05.2007, submitted by the petitioner, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order. Thereafter, the respondents have attached 100 cards to his shop and allotted 1000 liters of kerosene for distribution to the said cardholders, assuring that the number of cards will be gradually increased. The petitioner alleges that, in spite of such assurance given by the respondents, no new cards have been allotted to him since last one year, and when he requested the 3rd respondent- Assistant Supply Officer, Circle No.V, Hyderabad, to allot him the cards attached to the nearby fair price shop No.567, as the dealer of the said shop died, the 3rd respondent rejected his request stating that the 1st respondent is competent to allot cards. Therefore, he made a representation dated 29.08.2008 to the 1st respondent for allotment of cards pertaining to the fair price shop No.567 to his shop, but no orders have been passed thereon till date. Hence, this writ petition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent is directed to consider the representation, dated 29.08.2008, purported to have been submitted by the petitioner, and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 25th November, 2008. Note:- Issue CC in three days. BO IBL