IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22196 of 2008 Between: Veeramalla Vijaya W/o.Madhava Reddy R/o.Maheswaram village Narsampet mandal, Warangal District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Warangal, Warangal District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsampet Division Warangal District 3 The Tahsildar, Narsampet Mandal, Warangal District 4 Bobbala Karnakar S/o.Raji Reddy R/o.Maheswaram village Narsampet Mandal, Warangal District .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the order dated 12.9.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent appointing the 4th respondent as a fair price shop Dealer of shop No.3 (33)of Maheswaram village, Narsampet Mandal, Warangal District and also the action of the 1st respondent in not granting stay on the application ﬁled along with appeal challenging order of the appointment made in favour of the 4th respondent as illegal and in contrary to G.O.Ms.No.53 Consumer Aﬀairs and Food and Civil Supplies (CS-I) Department dated 6.10.2003 as the same is illegal, arbitrary, and consequently set aside the impugned order dated 12.9.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 22196 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 12-09- 2008 thereby appointing the 4th respondent herein as the dealer of the fair price shop No.3 (33) of Maheswaram Village, Narsampet Mandal, Warangal District is arbitrary and illegal. At the out set, it is to be noted that against the said order, a remedy of appeal is available before the Joint Collector and as a matter of fact, the petitioner has already preferred such an appeal. In the circumstances, it is neither necessary nor proper for this Court to go into the merits of the case and express any opinion. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of the 2nd respondent dated 12-09-2008 following due process of law as expeditiously as possible preferably with in a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 15-10-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in 2 days. B/o KLP