IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13444 of 2009 Between: Arla Kishan S/o. Durgaiah R/o. Annaram (Village), Jinnaram (Mandal) Medak District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary Civil Supplies Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad-4. 2 The District Collector, Medak District, Sanga Reddy. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Medak District, Sanga Reddy. 4 The Tahsildar, Jinnaram Mandal, MEdak District. 5 Y. Venkat Reddy S/o. Y. Bal Reddy R/o. Annaram Village, Jinnaram Mandal, Medak District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.M.R.VELU Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside order, dated .02.09 whereby respondent No.5 was appointed as fair price shop dealer of Annaram Village, Jinnaram Mandal, Medak District. At the hearing, it is not disputed by Sri C.M.R.Velu, learned counsel for the petitioner that against the order impugned in this writ petition, the petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing appeal before the Joint Collector. In view of the availability of alternative remedy, which is undoubtedly an efficacious one, I find no reason to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal. The petitioner is allowed to file such appeal within a period of four (4) weeks from today. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.Nos.17455 and 17456 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim reliefs are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th JULY, 2009. kvni