IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.32168 of 2011 BETWEEN Abdul Jabbar. ... PETITIONER AND The District Supply Officer, Hyderabad and another. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. V.H.V.R.R. SWAMY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following order: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. 2. Petitioner states that either in the panchanama or in the show cause notice no speciﬁc allegation is made against his vehicle bearing No.AP 13X 7168. 3. Even the panchanama states that the said vehicle was found parked at the time of search and panchanama. The show cause notice shows that the driver of the petitioner arrayed as third respondent, but in the absence of any speciﬁc allegation the learned counsel submits that insistence of deposit of Rs.60,000/- bank guarantee for release of the vehicle pending Section 6-A proceedings under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 is not justified. 3. Since the petitioner states that he is owner of the vehicle and has no ﬁnancial capacity to furnish bank guarantee of such magnitude coupled with the fact that there is no speciﬁc allegation made against him, I deem it appropriate to direct the respondents to release the petitioner’s vehicle if the petitioner furnishes a bank guarantee to the extent of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) pending Section 6-A proceedings. In the event of the petitioner succeeding in Section 6-A proceedings, the bank guarantee shall stand released in favour of the petitioner. The respondents are directed to complete Section 6-A proceedings expeditiously. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 8, 2011 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 09.12.2011. (B/o) DSK