HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR APPLICATION No.157 of 2010 in CONTEMPT CASE No.1696 of 2009 in WRIT PETITION No.6562 of 2009 Date: June 20, 2011 Between: 1. M/s. Venkata Ramana Rice Mill, rep. by its Managing Partner Jampana Ramamurthy Raju and another. … Petitioners and 1. State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Civil Supplies Department, Hyderabad & 5 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR APPLICATION No.157 of 2010 in CONTEMPT CASE No.1696 of 2009 in WRIT PETITION No.6562 of 2009 O R D E R: Alleging disobedience to the order dated 29.4.2009 passed in W.P.M.P. No.8582 of 2009 in W.P. No.6562 of 2009, the petitioners therein filed the present contempt case. By the said order, this court had directed the respondent authorities in the writ petition to grant permission to the petitioners to deliver levy rice to the Food Corporation of India during the Khariff marketing season 2008-2009, if the petitioner rice mill had a valid lease/licence for running. 2. By order dated 28.01.2010 this Court, taking note of the fact that the petitioner rice mill was not granted permission to deliver levy rice to the Food Corporation of India during the Khariff marketing season 2008-2009, closed the contempt case. The petitioners thereupon filed Contempt Application No.157 of 2010 to recall the said order, as their counsel was not heard on 28.01.2010 when the contempt case was closed and as they would suffer hardship and irreparable loss as their substantial rights were involved. 3. On 27.4.2010 this Court, taking note of the counter filed by the respondents in the contempt case stating that the petitioner rice mill was not entitled for delivery of levy rice, directed them to permit the petitioner rice mill to dispose of the stocks of Paddy lying in its premises. It is now stated by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents that he has received instructions by fax message from the District Supply Officer, East Godavari District, to the effect that the Paddy stocks lying in the petitioner rice mill were permitted to be disposed of. 4. In that view of the matter, the orders passed by this Court on 27.4.2010 have been complied with and there is no cause for continuing with these contempt proceedings. 5. Contempt Application No.157 of 2010 is accordingly closed in the light of the subsequent developments. No costs. ________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: June 20, 2011. BSB