IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 11074 of 2008 Between: Smt. S.Triveni, W/o.S.Raghunatha Reddy, R/o.Thatimakulapalli(V) Gorantla(M) Anantapur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Anantapur,Anantapur District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Penukonda,Anantapur District 3 The Tahasildar Gorantla(M) Anantapur District 4 Smt. M.Bharathi W/o.S.Bhayyapareddy, R/o.Thatimakulapalli(V) Gorantla(M) Anantapur 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ of direction declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders on the stay application field along with the appeal dt.15-05-2008 as illegal arbitrary and consequently stay the order of the 2nd respondent passed in Rc No.382/2008/C dt.03-04-2008 pending disposal of the appeal. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 11074 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders on the stay application filed along with the appeal dated 15.5.2008 as arbitrary and illegal and consequently to stay the order of the 2nd respondent in Rc.No.382/2008/C dated 3.4.2008 pending disposal of the appeal. It appears, pursuant to the Notification issued by the Revenue Divisional Officer concerned, the petitioner as well as the 4th respondent have applied for dealership of Fair Price Shop, Bachanapalli village, Gorantla Mandal, Ananthapur District. After completion of the process, the 4th respondent was appointed as fair price shop dealer of Thatimakulapalli h/o Vanavolu village of Gorantla Mandal, on permanent basis, by an order dated 3.4.2008 passed by the 2nd respondent. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Joint Collector, Ananthapur District and along with the said appeal, she had also filed an application seeking stay of appointment of 4th respondent vide orders dated 3.4.2008 of the 2nd respondent. According to the petitioner, neither the stay petition is disposed of nor the appeal is taken up for disposal. Hence, this writ petition. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the Joint Collector, Ananthapur District, to dispose of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner on 15.5.2008, being aggrieved by the orders passed by the 2nd respondent in appointing the 4th respondent as fair price shop dealer of Thatimakulapalli village, Gorantla Mandal, Ananthapur District on permanent basis vide proceedings Rs.No. 382/2008/C dated 3.4.2008, and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 26-11-2008. MVB.