IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 22332 of 2009 Between: R.Nagaraju, S/o Muthaiah, 40 years, Occ: Fair Price shop dealer, shop No.32, Pedda Bellal village, Kaddam Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Collector (CS), Adilabad, Adilabad District and 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRI PETITION No.22332 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent in registering the 6-A case on 06.10.2009 and also the proceedings No.C/2490/2009 dated nil-10-2009 of the 2nd respondent, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently set aside the same. The case of the petitioner is that he is a dealer of fair price shop of Pedda Bellal village, Adilabad District. On 06.10.2009, the 4th respondent inspected the shop of the petitioner and seized the entire stock i.e., 81.00 quintals of PDS rice; 0.85 quintals of Redgram Dal and 34 liters of kerosene oil on the ground that there is variation in the stock when compared with the ground stock and distribution register and also the petitioner got married and the fair price shop in question is being run by his father. Consequently, the 4th respondent registered a case against the petitioner under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act. Pursuant thereto, on the basis of the report furnished by the 3rd respondent, the 2nd respondent suspended the authorization of the petitioner. Subsequently, the 1st respondent initiated proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act. Heard both sides. Now that the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act are very much pending before the 1st respondent, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of without going into the merits of the case. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to complete the proceedings pending before him under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act and pass necessary orders thereon, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending consideration of the said proceedings, the seized stock shall not be sold. If for any reason, no order is passed within the stipulated time, the authorization of the petitioner shall be restored and the essential commodities shall be supplied to the fair price shop of the petitioner enabling him to distribute the same to the cardholders during the pendency of the said proceedings. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 19-10-2009 Note: Furnish C.C. in two days. (Bo) Gsn.