IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTYFIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 22981 of 2009 Between: P.Dhanalakshmi ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Prakasam District, Ongole and others. .....RESPONDENT(S) HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.22981 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is the authorized fair price shop dealer of Bommanampadu village, Addanki Mandal, Prakasam District, and according to her, she is distributing scheduled commodities to the cardholders without any blemish. However, the 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, after issuing show cause notice dated 31-08- 2009, suspended the authorization of the petitioner on the same day on the ground of certain irregularities and thereafter, the petitioner offered a detailed explanation and after holding enquiry, the 2nd respondent being satisfied with the said explanation restored his authorization by order dated 30-09-2009. Questioning the said order of restoration, the unofficial respondents 4 to 9 approached the appellate authority i.e. 1st respondent- District Collector, Prakasam District, and filed an appeal and the 1st respondent by order dated 16-10-2009, without putting the petitioner on notice, straight away, suspended the order dated 30-09-2009 passed by the 2nd respondent. The order of the 1st respondent dated 16-10-2009 is questioned in this writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, appearing for R-1 to R-3, and the learned counsel for R-4. 3. This Court, while ordering notice before admission, suspended the impugned order dated 16-10-2009. 4. As the appeal is very much pending before the 1st respondent, this Court is of the view that the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent-District Collector, Prakasam District to decide the said appeal at the earliest, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that the 1st respondent shall put the petitioner on notice before passing any orders in the appeal preferred by the respondents 4 to 9. In the light of the interim orders, the petitioner shall be permitted to continue as fair price shop dealer enabling him to distribute scheduled commodities to the cardholders during pendency of the appeal. 5. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no orders as to costs. ______________________ 25th November 2009 Note: Issue C.C. in two days. B/o. KVR