IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28415 of 2008 Between: 1 Gunisetti Suryanarayanamma W/o.late Satyanarayana R/o.Komaragiripatnam, Allavaram Mandalam, East Godavari District. 2 Gunisetti Durga W/o.Lakshminarayana R/o.Komaragiripatnam, Allavaram Mandalam, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 Tahsildar, Allavaram, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to consider their representation dated 22.8.2008, addressed to the 1st respondent to consider their case for appointment as F.P. Shop dealer for F.P. Shop No.19 of Komaragiri Village, Allavaram Mandalam, East Godavari District. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.LAKSHMANA SARMA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28415 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. It appears, one G. Satyanarayana, who is the husband of the 1st petitioner and father-in-law of the 2nd petitioner, was the dealer of fair price shop No.19 of Komaragiripatnam Village, Allavaram Mandal of East Godavari District. It is the case of the petitioners that the said Satyanarayana died on 17.07.2008 and, since there is no other livelihood for them, the 1st petitioner submitted a representation to the 1st respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District, on 22.08.2008, requesting to appoint her daughter-in-law, the 2nd petitioner herein, as dealer of the said fair price shop, but the said representation is not yet considered. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District, is directed to consider the representation dated 22.08.2008 purported to have been submitted by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders as per law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioners. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 29th December, 2008 IBL