IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.17983 of 2006 Between: Pinnenti Mahankali Rao Naidu … Petitioner And Mandal Revenue Officer, Pedana, Krishna District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri V.H.V.R.R. Swamy Counsel for respondents 1&2: AGP for Civil Supplies Counsel for respondent No.3: Sri A. Rajendra Babu for Sri K. Anand Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17983 of 2006 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. Assailing order dated 19.07.2006 of respondent No.2, whereby the petitioner’s LPG dealership licence was suspended, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader representing respondent Nos.1 and 2 and the learned counsel for respondent No.3, who was impleaded in the writ petition, advanced several contentions touching the merits of the case, it is not necessary for this Court to deal with the same, because admittedly the impugned order is interim in nature, which was passed pending finalization of the proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The impugned order was suspended more than three years back by this Court and the petitioner is permitted to continue as LPG dealer all this long. Therefore, I do not find any reason to adjudicate the writ petition on merits at this length of time. Instead, interests of justice would be met if respondent No.2 is directed to complete the proceedings under Section 6A, pending before him, at an early date. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to finalize Section 6A proceedings within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Since the petitioner is continuing as LPG dealer under the interim orders of this Court, he shall be continued as dealer till the completion of Section 6A proceedings. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.22560 of 2006 and WVMP.No.2637 of 2006 are disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 09.06.2009 ES