IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18013 of 2008 Between: P.Madhusudhana Rao, S/o. Rangaiah, Proprietor M/s Balaji HPC Gas Agency, Buchhireddypalem,Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Collector, Nellore 3 The District Supply Officer, Nellore. 4 The Senior Regional Manager, HPCL, Vijayawada Regional Office, Kondapalli, Krishna District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the respondents : AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to set aside order dated 13-08-2008 passed by respondent No.1, whereby the petitioner’s application for stay of order of respondent No.2 was rejected. Heard Sri O.Manoher Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies and perused the record. The only grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that along with the appeal filed by him against the order of respondent No.2 cancelling his LPG distribution licence, he filed stay application, which was rejected by respondent No.1, pending the appeal. The learned counsel for the petitioner invited my attention to the categorical finding of respondent No.2 that there was no variation of stocks at all. He argued that while referring to the order passed in Section 6-A proceedings under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, wherein while imposing penalty in view of confiscation of 55 cylinders, the petitioner was warned not to repeat the same, respondent No.2 referred to the petitioner continuing with the same practice of delivery of refills and frequent complaints made against him, that respondent No.2 had imported his personal knowledge without basing his observations on any material. A perusal of the record shows that on an earlier occasion, this Court directed continuance of the petitioner as the LPG distributor, pending enquiry and passing final order. Since the statutory appeal was already availed by the petitioner, the interests of justice would be met if the petitioner is continued as the LPG distributor till the disposal of the appeal by respondent No.1. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the appeal within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending appeal, the petitioner shall be continued as LPG distributor. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.23443 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 19th August, 2008 Note: Issue C.C in two days vrn