HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.32990 of 2010 Date : 28-12-2010 Between : M/s.Sriram Venkanna Transport Contractors, Represented by its Managing Partner Sri Ram Venkanna s/o.Satyanarayana .. Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Khammam and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri Kowturu Vinaya Kumar Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following : ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioner who is a transport contractor with A.P. State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, assailed seizure of 350 bags of rice weighing 173.97 Quintals and lorry bearing No.AP 16 X 518. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, submitted that on submission of seizure report by the officials of the Civil Supplies Department, respondent No.1 has initiated proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, "the Act") and that the same are pending. With the initiation of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, respondent No.1 is entitled to exercise his powers in relation to release of the seized commodities, vehicles etc., and therefore it is appropriate for the petitioner to approach respondent No.1 with necessary applications for grant of the reliefs which are claimed in this Writ Petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach respondent No.1. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.41888/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 28-12-2010 AM