IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No : 22874 of 2008 Between: M. Kristappa, S/o. M. Ramaiah, Kodipalli Village, Lepakshi Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Ananthapur. 2 The Joint Collector, Ananthapur. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Penukonda, Ananthapur District. 4 The Tahsildar, Lepakshi Mandal, Anantapur 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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or Direction, declaring the suspension cum Show Cause Notice dt. 31-10-2006 in Rc.No. 1604/06/C on the ﬁle of the third Respondent, Order dt. 3-7-2008 in D.Dis.No. K4/PKD//665/2005 on the ﬁle of the 2nd respondent and the Order dt. 26-8-2008 in D.Dis.No. K4/PKD/1190/2008 on the ﬁle fo the ﬁrst respondent, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and without jurisdiction; Award costs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 22874 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner herein is the authorized dealer of the fair price shop of Kadipalli Village, Lepakshi Mandal, Ananthapur District. His authorization was suspended by the Sub-Collector, Penukonda by order dated 31-10- 2006 pending enquiry into the alleged contraventions of the provisions of the A.P. State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner ﬁled an appeal before the second respondent. However, the same was dismissed by order dated 03-07- 2008. Even the revision petition preferred by the petitioner before the District Collector ended in dismissal on 26-08-2008. Hence, this writ petition seeking a declaration that the orders passed by the respondents are arbitrary and illegal. Though various contentions have been raised on merits, I am not inclined to express any opinion on merits since the enquiry initiated against the petitioner is yet to be conducted by the 3rd respondent-Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer. Hence, it is neither necessary nor proper for this Court to express any opinion on merits. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 3rd respondent to complete the enquiry initiated against the petitioner following due process of law and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, having regard to the order already passed by this Court in W.P.No.23375 of 2006 dated 09-11-2006, the order of suspension dated 31-10-2006 shall not be given eﬀect to. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 21-10-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP