IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5600 of 2008 Between: Mylapalli Ramu … Petitioner AND The Joint Collector, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : None Counsel for respondents 1&2 : AGP for Civil Supplies This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5600 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not granting stay pending appeal in S.R.A.No.39 of 2007, as illegal. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction to respondent Nos.1 and 2 to stay the appointment of respondent No.3 as fair price shop dealer of shop No.1, Jeerupalem Village, Ranasthalam Mandal, Srikakulam District. At the hearing, no one represented the petitioner in the forenoon and again in the afternoon. A perusal of the record shows that respondent No.2 appointed respondent No.3 as fair price shop dealer of the abovementioned shop in pursuance of notification dated 27.10.2007 issued by him. The petitioner, who was the unsuccessful applicant, filed appeal before respondent No.1 along with an application for stay. By order dated 26.12.2007 the petitioner’s application for stay was dismissed by respondent No.1. Under clause 21 of the A.P. State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001 (for short, ‘the Order’), any person aggrieved by an order passed under clause 20(1)(i) of the Order, is entitled to file a revision before the District Collector concerned. Inasmuch as the petitioner has an effective alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition and adjudicate the same on merits. The writ petition is therefore dismissed leaving the petitioner free to avail the abovementioned remedy. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.7265 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 17.03.2008 ES