IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 28987 of 2008 Between: M/s Mahalakshmi Traders, Grain and Commission Agent, Rep by its Proprietor, N.Venkat Reddy, S/o. Peddirajam, aged about 36 years, R/o. Narsingapur Village, Jagtiyal Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 The Joint Collector(Civil Supplies), Karimnagar, karimnagar District. 3 The Dy.Tahsildar (Civil supplies), Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : O R D E R: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. In this writ petition, the petitioner questioned seizure of 606.45 quintals of paddy under panchanama dated 03-12-2008. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that on 31-12-2008, this Court granted interim stay of sale of seized paddy. At the hearing, Sri C.Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioner, sought for release of the seized paddy in terms of the prayer made in WPMP No.6401 of 2009. In my considered view, since the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short “the Act”) are pending for more than six months, it will be in the interest of justice if respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the said proceedings in a time-bound manner. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to complete proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, within a period of two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till completion of the said proceedings, the seized paddy shall not be sold. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.6401 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 22nd June, 2009 vrn