IN THE HIGH OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTYSEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SSEVEN P R E S E N T THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA * * * WRIT PETITION No.20402 of 2007 Between: M.A. Munaswamy s/o. Abbaiah Naidu, Aged about 55 years, Fair Price Shop Dealer, Motlachenu village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor, Chittoor district. … Petitioner Versus The District Collector, (Civil Supplies), Chittoor, Chittoor District & Ors. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri T.C. Krishnan (4027) Counsel for the Respondents : Govt.Pleader for Civil Supplies THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. S. NARAYANA WP.NO.20402 of 2007 O R D E R The matter is coming up for admission. The learned Asst.Government Pleader for Civil Supplies takes notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. The writ petition is filed for issue of a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction on the part of the first respondent in passing the orders on the stay application made by the petitioner against the orders of the second respondent passed in ROC.No.A3/64/07, dated 11-9-2007 amounts to erroneous, arbitrary and violative of Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India besides being provisions contemplated under the AP Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licensing and Distribution) Order, 1982 and consequently to suspend the proceedings of the second respondent vide Proceedings No.ROC.No.A3/64/07, dated 11-9-2007 by supplying scheduled commodities to the petitioner’s shop at Motlachenu village of Kuppam Revenue Mandal, Chittoor district and to pass such other suitable orders. 3. Several factual details had been narrated in the paragraph nos. 2 to 10 of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. 4. It is stated that even as on today the petitioner has been distributing the essential commodities and because of the delay in passing the interim orders by the first respondent and also in view of inaction on the part of the first respondent in not disposing of the matter pending before him, the petitioner apprehends that the supply of essential commodities may be discontinued. 5. In the light of the facts and circumstances, statusquo obtaining as on today to be maintained for a period of four weeks and the first respondent is hereby directed to dispose of the stay application and also the main proceedings pending before him, within a period of four weeks from the date receipt of a copy of the order. JUSTICE P . S. NARAYANA . 27 / 9 / 2007 IsL. NB : Operative Portion of the Order by wire at Party’s costs. CC of the Order on priority basis. B/O. IsL.