HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.31047 of 2011 Date: 24-11-2011 Between: P. Narendra Reddy … Petitioner And 1. The Joint Collector & Addl. District Magistrate, Anantapur, Anantapur District & another … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.31047 of 2011 O R D E R: In view of the short relief sought for at the hearing to direct the Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Anantapur, to dispose of the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner, this writ petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission with the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioner Sri I. Venkata Prasad and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. 2. The petitioner claims to be a temporary fair price shop dealer of Bethapalli village. The said authorization is said to have been granted on 23.5.2006. According to the petitioner, the said fair price shop is reserved for O.Cs, but the second respondent has notified the same as reserved for B.C (General) vide Notification in R.C.No.D1/CS/4406/2011 dated 01.11.2011. The petitioner therefore challenged the said notification by filing an appeal before the first respondent on 14.11.2011 besides seeking stay of the impugned notification. It is represented that even though the said appeal was filed on 14.11.2011 the first respondent is not likely to dispose of the same within a reasonable time. The learned counsel therefore seeks a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the appeal within a time frame. 3. There does not appear to be any dispute that the petitioner filed an appeal on 14.11.2011 and the same is pending on the file of the first respondent. In matters of this nature, the statutory authorities are required to pass orders expeditiously. The learned Assistant Government Pleader has no objection for issuing a direction for disposal of the appeal within a time frame. 4. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the Notification in R.C.No.D1/CS/ 4406/2011 dated 01.11.2011 as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. __________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. Date: November 24, 2011. BSB