HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.30648 of 2010 Date : 7-12-2010 Between : Bheemavarapu Bhaskara Reddy .. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Collector (Civil Supplies), Machilipatnam, Krishna District and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri N.Siva Reddy Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner holds a hawker’s licence for sale of kerosene. Following the seizure of some kerosene allegedly meant for public distribution system in Vuyyuru village, proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, "the Act") were initiated and the respondents have stopped allotting kerosene to the petitioner from the month of November 2010. When the petitioner allegedly enquired about the reason therefor, he was informed that in view of pendency of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, the allotment was not made. It is the pleaded case of the petitioner that so far his authorisation has not been either suspended or cancelled. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, submitted that except initiation of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, no proceedings against the petitioner have been initiated nor an order has been passed suspending his authorization. A Full Bench of this Court in Oleti Tirupathamma v. District Supply Officer (City), Visakhapatnam and others[1] held that so long as authorisation is not suspended or cancelled, the dealer is entitled to distribute the commodities under the licence. In the light of the submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader that the petitioner’s authorisation is subsisting as on today, respondent No.3 is directed to allot kerosene to the petitioner for distribution under the hawker’s licence so long as the licence continues to subsist. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is allowed. ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 7-12-2010 AM [1] 2002(1) ALD 577