IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 19868 of 2008 Between: M/s. Garimaiah Enterprises, Secunderabad, rep. by its Proprietor, Sri Chandra Prakash Bihani S/o. Shankarlal Bihani Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The Tahsildar, Kadapa, Kadapa District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the intertia/ inaction on the part of the District Collector, Kadapa in not considering and disposing of the representation Dt. 04-07-2008 for release of 1,320.75 Qts of Red Gram Equivalent to 25% of the conﬁscated Red Gram stock of 5283.63 Qts to the petitioner on furnishing of bank guarantee at the rate of Rs. 2,300/- per quintal as illegal, arbitrary, unfair, improper and opposed to the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent i.e. The District Collector, Kadapa to consider the representation of the petitioner Dt. 04-07- 2008 and pass appropriate orders on such application for release of the stocks of 1,320.75 Qts of Red Gram and grant such relief or reliefs as are deemed ﬁt and proper in the ends if justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.V.J.K.KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19868 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the inaction on the part of the respondent-District Collector in considering the representation of the petitioner dated 04-07-2008 for release of 1320.75 quintals of Red Gram equivalent to 25% of the conﬁscated Red Gram stock of 5283.63 Quintals to the petitioner on furnishing of bank guarantee at the rate of Rs. 2,300/- per quintal as illegal, arbitrary. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader appearing for the Civil Supplies and having regard to the fact that the petitioner made the application on 04-07-2008, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application dated 04-07-2008 as expeditiously as possible preferably with in a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the stock in question shall not be sold, if not already sold. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 15-09-2008 Note: Issue C.c. in 2 days. B/o KLP