IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8957 of 2008 Between: G. Praveen Kumar S/o. G. Nagaiah R/o. Rudraram Village, Varni Mandal, Nizamabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Bodhan, Nizamabad Dist. 2 The District Collector, Nizamabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.PAIDI KRISHNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to set aside notification dated 19-03-2007 issued by respondent No.1. The petitioner is one of the fair price shop dealers of Rudrur Village, Varni Mandal, Nizamabad District. According to him, he holds 635 BPL (Below Poverty Line) cards and 11 AAY cards apart from other cards. By the impugned notification, a new shop was sought to be carved out by way of trifurcation from the existing two shops including the shop held by the petitioner as its dealer. The petitioner questioned the impugned notification on the ground that creation of a new shop is likely to affect his economic viability. I have heard Sri Paidi Krishna Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies and perused the record. G.O.Ms.No.35, Consumer Affairs Food & Civil Supplies (CS-1) Department, dated 17-09-2007, prescribed certain guidelines for creation of new shops from out of the existing shops. Unless the petitioner is able to demonstrate that creation of such a new shop is contrary to the guidelines prescribed in the aforesaid GO, he cannot successfully challenge creation of a new shop. In his affidavit, except stating that creation of a new shop may affect the viability of the existing shop held by him, the petitioner has not given details of the cards, which will be left with his shop after trifurcation. Moreover, under G.O.Ms.No.25 dated 18-03-1998, the petitioner has a remedy of filing appeal before the Director of Civil Supplies against creation of a new shop and a further remedy of filing revision against the order passed by the appellate authority. Inasmuch as the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition without availing the said alternative remedies without assigning any reason therefor, I am not inclined to entertain this Writ Petition and adjudicate the same on merits. Therefore, without going into the merits of the case, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal as observed supra. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.11875 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 23rd April, 2008 lur