HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21119 OF 2010 Date: 25.08.2010 Between: Smt. Rama Prabha. … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Civil Supplies Department & others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21119 OF 2010 ORDER: Heard learned counsel for petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents. At their request, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the notification, dated 21.08.2010, issued by the 3rd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, for filling up the vacancy of fair price shop dealer for shop No.23 of Rayavaripalli village of Pulicharla Mandal in Chittoor District, with the candidate belonging to S.C. category, by altering the earlier notification, dated 20.08.2010, wherein, the said vacancy was notified for O.C. category. It is the case of the petitioner that the original notification was issued on 20.08.2010, reserving the vacancy of fair price shop dealer for O.C. category, but subsequently, it is altered, by reserving it to S.C. category. It is submitted that there is no reason or justification in reserving the vacancy to S.C. category. On written instructions issued by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents that in Tirupathi Revenue Division, there are totally 689 fair price shops. The reservation in favour of S.C., S.T. and B.Cs. is being implemented as per the orders of Government in G.O.Ms.No.52, dated 28.12.2008. It is submitted that as per the guidelines issued by the Government in the aforesaid G.O., 15% of shops are to be reserved for the candidates belonging to S.C. category, and out of the total 689 shops, at present, there are 114 shops, for which, authorization is granted to the persons belonging to S.C. category. Out of 689 shops, 15% comes to only 103. As much as 114 shops are already allotted to the candidates belonging to the S.C. category, which is more than 15%, there is no reason for reserving the present vacancy again to S.C. category, in the impugned notification. On this short ground, the impugned notification is quashed, giving liberty to the respondents to issue fresh notification without any reservation to S.C. category. The 3rd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer shall issue fresh notification within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and take further steps to fill up the vacancy, by following the guidelines issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.52, dated 28.12.2008. Till the regular dealer is appointed, the existing arrangements shall be continued. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 25th August 2010 ajr