HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.22857 of 2010 Date : 4-10-2010 Between : Ponnam Kumaraswamy and others .. Petitioners and Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal Division, Warangal District and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri Alluri Raghu Rama Aurava Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.22857 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to direct the respondents to convert Nominated Retailers (Kerosene Hawkers) to Fair Price Shop Dealers in the existing vacancies. The petitioners are erstwhile retail kerosene dealers. After expiry of their licence periods, they were not renewed in view of the policy of the Government to attach kerosene distribution to existing fair price shops. When certain vacancies in fair price shop dealerships have arisen in Warangal District, notifications were issued for filling them up on permanent basis. Those notifications were set aside by this court with liberty to the respondents to issue fresh notifications. The grievance of the petitioners is that so far the respondents have not taken any steps to fill up the permanent vacancies relating to fair price shops. The petitioners placed reliance on G.O.Ms.No.32, Consumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies (CS.I) Department, dated 30-8- 2007 for claiming preferential treatment to them as they were kerosene dealers, in the matter of selection as fair price shop dealers. No counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, submitted that the respondents have been taking steps to issue notifications for filling up the existing fair price shop dealerships and that the claims of the petitioners will be considered subject to their eligibility in terms of G.O.Ms.No.52 dated 18-12-2008 which has replaced G.O.Ms.No.32 dated 30-8-2007. In the light of the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to initiate expeditious measures for filling up the vacancies of fair price shops in Warangal District and consider the claims of the petitioners, subject to their eligibility, by extending preference in terms of G.O.Ms.No.52, dated 18-12-2008. ___________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY.,J Date : 4-10-2010 AM