IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 10623 of 2009 Between: Koppuravuri Lakhmoji S/o.Dhana Satyanarayana D.No.4/97 Near Anjaneyaswamy Temple Pedaparupudi(M) Krishna District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector Krishna at Machilipatnam 2 The Food Inspector Gudiwada,Krishna District .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue writ direction preferably writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.2 in seizing black gram paddy and rice on 14-5- 2009 and also inaction of the respondent No.1 considering the application dt 18-5-2009 of the petitioner for release of seized stock and trying to sell the stock is illegal arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents the respondents to release the seized stock and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO.10623 OF 2009 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. The only grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that even though proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act (for short ‘the Act’) are pending against the petitioner, some of the respondents are trying to sell the seized stocks, which is illegal. Hence, the writ petition. When the main proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act are pending, the respondents are not justified in selling the seized stocks. Hence, it would suffice if a direction is issued to the respondents to dispose of the proceedings under section 6-A of the Act initiated against the petitioner expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to conclude the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act initiated against the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and pending conclusion of the 6-A proceedings, there shall be stay of disposal of the seized stocks. No costs. ____________________ B.PRAKASH RAO,J DATE: 28th May, 2009 Note: Furnish c.c. in two days B/o Pnb/sur