IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7183 of 2008 Between: Sugali Nagarjuna S/o. Sugali Ramakrishna Naik Kaparlapalli Village, Kalyandurg Mandal, Anantapur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, Anantapur Dist. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:KOTHAPALLI RAM MOHAN CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in issuing notification, dated 19.11.2007 for filling up the vacancy of Kaparlapalli fair price shop on permanent basis without considering representation, dated 06.11.2007 of the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. Consequent on the death of a permanent fair price shop dealer of Kaparlapalli Village, the petitioner was appointed temporarily by the respondent vide his proceedings, dated 04.08.2007. By the impugned notification, the respondent called for applications to fill up the said vacancy on permanent basis. The petitioner claimed to have made a representation to the respondent on 06.11.2007 wherein he requested the respondent to appoint him on permanent basis instead of filling up the vacancy through the process of notification. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent has not passed any order on his representation. Heard Sri Kothapalli Ram Mohan Chowdary, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. The relevant portion of order, dated 04.08.2007 by which the petitioner was appointed as fair price shop dealer reads as under: “Keeping in view of the convenience of the cardholders and for smooth running of Public Distribution System, and as proposed by the Tahsildar, Kalyandurg Sri Sugali Nagarjuna S/o S.Ramakrishna of Kaparlapalli Village of Kalayandurg Mandal is hereby appointed as FP shop dealer of Kaparlapalli Village on temporary basis as stop gap arrangement for 6 (six) months or the necessity caused whichever is earlier. Further, Sri Sugali Nagarjuna S/o S.Ramakrishna of Kaparlapalli Village of Kalyandurg Mandal is informed that he will not perpetuate as FP shop dealer in future and he may be terminated at any time without any prior notice or without assigning any reasons.” From the above-reproduced portion of the order of appointment of the petitioner, it is clear that he was appointed purely as a temporary measure pending appointment of a permanent dealer. The petitioner has, therefore, no legal right whatsoever to request the respondent to appoint him on permanent basis without following the normal process of making appointments by issuing notification and considering the claims of all the eligible persons. In this view of the matter, the petitioner failed to establish that any of his legal rights are violated either by issuance of the impugned notification or the failure of the respondent to consider his representation for appointing him as fair price shop dealer on permanent basis. On the above premises, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.9428 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 2nd APRIL, 2008 kvni