IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.25560 of 2006 Between: Prakash Chandra Pande. … Petitioner. And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tekkali, Srikakulam District. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioner: Sri V.H.V.R.R.Swamy. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Civil Supplies. This Court made the following: ORDER:- In this Writ Petition, the petitioner questioned order dated 8-9-2004 passed by the respondent, whereby he suspended the authorization of the fair price shop held by the petitioner in Jalantharakota village, Kanchili Mandal, Srikakulam District. A perusal of the record shows that while the impugned order was passed on 8-9-2004, the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition on 7-12-2006. Thus, there is a delay of more than two years in filing the present Writ Petition and on this ground alone the Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed for laches. Even otherwise, this Court has not stayed the order of suspension. As the impugned order is interim in nature, pending enquiry, there does not remain anything for adjudication of the Writ Petition on merits. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate order, if not already done, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. --------------------------------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:16-6-2009 MNR