HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.28427 of 2010 Date : 16-11-2010 Between : C.Nagendra Prasad s/o.Yerrappa .. Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional officer, Dharmavaram Revenue Division, Anantapur District and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri Golla Seshadri Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2 in not allotting scheduled commodities to the petitioner’s fair price shop and in stead allotting the same to the neighbouring dealer as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner is a fair price shop dealer of Lakshmampally village, Anantapur District. He has specifically pleaded that his authorization has been last renewed upto 31-3-2011 and the same is neither suspended nor varied. In support of this plea, the petitioner has filed a copy of the renewed authorization. His grievance is that when he sought to make deposits towards value of the essential commodities to be distributed for the month of October 2010, respondent No.2 has not received the same saying that certain allegations have been made by some persons and that the petitioner will be permitted to distribute the commodities after completion of the enquiry in the month of November 2010. It is the further case of the petitioner that when he has approached respondent No.2 for depositing the required amount for lifting the commodities for the month of November 2010, the same is not being received by respondent No.2. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies stated that though he has contacted the concerned official, he is unable to gather from him any plausible reason for denying the petitioner the right of distribution of the essential commodities. He has not disputed the fact that the petitioner’s authorization is renewed upto 31-3-2011. So long as the petitioner’s authorization continues to subsist, the respondents cannot deny him the right to distribute the essential commodities. Therefore, the Writ Petition is allowed with the direction to the respondents to allot essential commodities to the petitioner for distribution through Lakshmampally fair price shop so long as his authorization remains to be in force. ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 16-11-2010 AM