IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10498 of 2009 Between: B.Nagi Reddy, S/o. Obi Reddy, R/o.Nelakota village, Dharmavaram Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District. 2 the Tahsildar, Dharmavaram Mandal, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District. 3 Civil Supplies Dy.Tahsildar (CSDT), Incharge, Mandal Level stockists, Dharmavaram Mandal, Ananthapur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KAMALAKAR Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: ORDER: Short supply of rice in respect of petitioner’s fair price shop bearing No.74 of Nelakota Village, Dharmavaram Mandal, Anantapur District, for the month of May, 2009, is questioned in this writ petition. The petitioner is admittedly, the fair price shop dealer of the above- mentioned shop and it is not in dispute that no proceedings against him are pending for the alleged irregularities. However, the grievance of the petitioner is that though he paid the sum of Rs.10,478/- towards value of the entire rice, which is allotted to his fair price shop, he was not supplied full quantity of rice. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, submitted that for the month of May, 2009, additional commodities of palmolin oil and redgram dall were allotted for the fair price shops and as the petitioner paid only the sum of Rs.10,478/-, rice, palmolin oil and redgram dall were allotted to his fair price shop in proportion to the money paid by him. Sri P.Kamalakar, learned counsel for the petitioner disputed this statement and submitted that the petitioner was in fact, prepared to pay additional money towards value of the palmolin oil and redgram dall, but respondent No.2 arbitrarily withheld some quantity of rice and he expressed his serious apprehension that non-supply of full quantity of rice was a part of the design of respondent No.2 to see that the distribution of a portion of essential commodities is entrusted to another dealer. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, however, submitted that there is no such move on the part of the respondents and that the petitioner is entitled to distribute the essential commodities in accordance with the authorization granted to him as was being done prior to May, 2009. This statement of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to supply full quantity of essential commodities to be allotted to fair price shop bearing No.74 of Nelakota Village, Dharmavaram Mandal, Anantapur District, so long as the petitioner’s authorization subsists, without being varied, amended, suspended or cancelled. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.13483 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th JUNE, 2009. Note: issue c.c. in one week. kvni