IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 19051 of 2008 Between: C.Yella Ramaiah, S/o. Somaiah, R/o. Bethamcherla Village and Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, Krunool District. 2 The Deputy Tahsildar,(CS), Kurnool, Krunool District. 3 Sri Laxmi Venkateswara Rural Farmer Warehouse, Iyyalurimetta of Nandyal, Krunool district, Rep by its Managing Partner G.Ravindra Reddy. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing ﬁnal orders after hearing the petitioner in Rc.DSO/CSI./Ec.No.9/2007 initiated under Section 6-A of Essential commodities Act as illegal, arbitrary, and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to stop the auction of the seized stocks of 203.50 quintals of red gram belonging to the petitioner, pending the ﬁnal orders in the 6-A Enquiry. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.U.RAMANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19051 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled aggrieved by the action of the ﬁrst respondent in not disposing of the enquiry initiated under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’), pursuant to the seizure effected on 15-02-2007 as arbitrary and illegal. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government pleader for civil supplies appearing for the respondents and having regard to the fact that the enquiry is pending before the ﬁrst respondent, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to dispose of the enquiry pending under Section 6-A of the Act, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the seized stock shall not be sold, if not already sold. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 02-09-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP