IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13821 of 2009 Between: Erukulla Lingamurthy S/o. Satyanarayana R/o. Dharmaram Village and Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Collector ( CS) Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 2 The Joint Collector ( CS) Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 3 The Assistant Supply Officer / In Charge Assistant Grains purchase officer, ( AGPO), Karimnagar. 4 The Tahsildar, Dhramaram Madnal, Dharmaram, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.VENUMADHAV Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.3, in seizing 44.80 quintals of Palmolein Oil through Panchanama, dated 25-06-2009 and; of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in not passing order on petition, dated 04-07-2009, filed by the petitioner for release of the same, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner’s business premises was inspected on 25-06-2009 by respondent No.3 and 44.80 quintals of Palmolein Oil was seized on the ground that the petitioner did not have a license. Proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short “the Act”) were initiated by the respondents. The petitioner claimed that he filed an application on 04-07-2009 for release of the seized Palmolein oil. His grievance is that without disposing of the said application, the respondents are seeking to sell the seized Palmolein Oil. Having heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, I deem it just and proper to dispose of the Writ Petition with the direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for release of the seized Palmolein Oil, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. Till such disposal, the seized Palmolein Oil shall not be sold. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.18062 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 13th July, 2009 Note: Furnish CC in three days. (B/o) lur