IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27725 of 2011 BETWEEN M/s. Sri Sanjeeva Sai Enterprises. ... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Visakhapatnam and another. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. N. SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner is engaged in the business of kirana and general items and is a holder of Food Grains Dealer license issued under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Commodities (License, Storage and Regulation) Control Order, 2008. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that on 22.09.2011 the civil supplies authorities inspected his business premises on the ground that there are variations in the stocks on comparison of book balances and ground balances and seized several kirana and general items by conducting panchanama on the aforesaid date. It is alleged that the stock position was not correctly taken into account and though there were no variations in stock balances, seizure was effected illegally. 3. In view of the aforesaid allegations, it is a matter for enquiry by the competent authority under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act. However, taking into account the nature of allegations and the commodities seized, I deem it appropriate that it is a fit case to direct the respondents not to sell the seized stock till appropriate final orders are passed on completion of enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act. The respondents are further directed to complete the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Act within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is also made clear that in the event of any damage to the commodities in the interregnum period, the petitioner shall not be entitled for any damages. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J October 11, 2011 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s costs. (B/o) DSK