IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12951 of 2009 Between: 1 Sri Srinivasa Cotton Industries, Rep by its Managing Partner, Keerthi Veera Chakara Rao, S/o. Srirama Murthy, aged 48 years, B.Prattipadu, Pithapuram Mandal, East Godavari district. 2 Keerthi Vasantha Rayudu, S/o. Sriramamurthy, R/o. bhogapuram Village, Pithapuram Mandal, East Godavari District. 3 V.John Babu, S/o. Srinviasa Rao, Agriculture, R/o. Bhogapuram Village, Pithapuram Mandal, East Godavari District. 4 Keerthi Srirama Murthy, S/o. Vasantha Rayudu, Agriculture, R/o. Bhogapuram Village, Pithapuram Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector, Vishakapatnam District, 2 The Asst. Supply Officer, Cirlce-I, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.DEVANAND Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare seizure of 80 quintals of rice from petitioner No.1, 7 quintals of rice each from petitioners 2 and 3 and 6 quintals of rice from petitioner No.4, under panchanama dated 11-06-2009, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri B.Devanand, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. On the allegation that the petitioners were transporting the food grains in violation of the permit, the abovementioned stocks were seized under panchanama dated 11-06-2009. The petitioners made a representation on 20-06-2009 seeking release of the seized stocks. The grievance of the petitioners is that so far no order has been passed on the said representation and respondent No.1 is seeking to sell the seized stocks, pending proceedings under Section 6-A of Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Inasmuch as the petitioners’ application for release of the seized stocks is pending, it is not necessary for this Court to give findings on the contentions raised by the petitioners, at this stage. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to consider the petitioners’ application for release of the seized stocks and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, before he seeks to proceed further. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.16758 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 1st July, 2009 pn/vrn HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12951 of 2009 1st July, 2009