IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.11959 of 2008 Between: B. Jabbar S/o. Gaffar Saheb Sirivella Village and Mandal, Allagadda, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Kurnool District, (C.S. Wing) 2 The Tahsildar, Kurnool District, (C.S. Wing) 3 The Station HOuse Officer, Velugonda P.S. Kurnool District, (C.S. Wing) .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the seizure of vehicle No. AP 21-W-3365 seized on 21-2-2008 at Velgode Mandal, Kurnool District by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and grant such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.ANAND Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.11959 of 2008 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that he is the owner of the lorry bearing No.AP-21-W-3365. It is stated that at the request of the ryots, he agreed to send his vehicle for transporting rice from Nandyal to Doranal for hulling at Mothuku Village. On 21-02-2008, while transporting the rice, the said vehicle was seized along with 256 bags of rice near Velgode. It is stated that the said vehicle is not liable for confiscation as there is no violation in transporting the rice. I am not inclined to express any opinion as to the merits of the case. However, it is stated that the petitioner already filed an application before the Joint Collector under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act for interim custody of the vehicle. It is not known when the petitioner filed an application before the Joint Collector and whether it is pending or not. If any such application is filed and pending, the 1st respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the same, as expeditiously as possible, without any undue delay. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 12-06-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}