IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20530 of 2008 Between: 1 M.Ramachandrudu S/o.M.Pullanna R/o.Alamur Village, Rudravaram Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 M.Narsimhulu S/o.M.Balaiah R/o.Alamur Village, Rudravaram Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 N.Satyanarayana S/o.M.Rangaiah R/o.Alamur Village, Rudravaram Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 N.Venkateswarlu S/o.Satyanarayana R/o.Alamur Village, Rudravaram Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Tahsildar, Rudravaram Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 The District Manager, A.P. State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd., Kurnool, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in seizing the 154 bags (77 quintals) of Red gram belong into the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to release the 77 quintals of Red gram seized by the 2nd respondent forthwith, and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.V.RAGHU VEER Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 20530 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the action of the second respondent in seizing the stocks of 154 bags (77 quintals) of Red gram from petitioners under the cover of Panchanama, dated 12-08-2008, is arbitrary and illegal. Though various contentions have been raised by the petitioners assailing the seizure, since the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, ‘E.C. Act, 1955’) is pending, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to proceed with the enquiry under Section 6-A of the E.C. Act, 1955 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Till such time, there shall be stay of sale of the seized stock. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 19-09-2008 Kvsn ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}