HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.11372 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner, against whom a case is booked under Section 6- A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short “the Act”), is aggrieved of the order of the Collector, Civil Supplies, Karimnagar District, in bearing No.03/174/2010 dated 22-04-2010, wherein interim sale of seized stocks was ordered. 2. The petitioner submits that the stocks are valuable and there is no urgency to put them to interim sale especially as his representation can be disposed of as he has already submitted a reply as earlier as on 15-03-2010. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. On the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct the Collector, respondent No.1, to hear the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, at the earliest, and in any case within three (3) weeks from today. In the meanwhile, the stocks seized may not be disposed of, as contemplated under the impugned order. 5. Accordingly, with the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J May 12, 2010. PV