THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.31862 of 2010 Date: 20.12.2010 Between: N. Devarajulu Naidu ..... Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Collector (CS), Chittoor and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K. Ram Reddy Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the order dated 12.11.2010 of the Collector (Civil Supplies),Chittoor, whereby he has bifurcated the existing fair price shop of Kapupalle Village. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner has sought to advance contentions on merits assailing the validity of the order of bifurcation, I do not feel inclined to adjudicate these contentions on merits in view of availability of an affective alternative remedy of appeal as provided under G.O.ms.No.25 dated 18.03.1998. Ordinarily, when the aggrieved party has an efficacious remedy, this Court does not exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed, without going into the merits of the pleas raised by the petitioner, with liberty to him to file an appeal before the Director of Civil Supplies designated as the Appellate Authority under the abovementioned G.O. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.40503 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 20th December, 2010 GHN