THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2749 of 2009 March 26, 2010 Between: M/s.Rayancha Prabhakar, Wholesale Kerosene Dealer (HPC), Jagtial, Karimnagar District, represented by its Managing Partner Takur Kiran Singh … Petitioner And The Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad And others ... Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2749 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is a wholesale kerosene licensee. The licence is regulated by Andhra Pradesh Petroleum Products (Licensing and Regulation of Supplies) Order 1980 (hereafter, Control Order). Petitioner’s premises was inspected by the Tahsildar on 23.3.2007. At the time of inspection, the kerosene stock was being loaded at a premises, which was not licensed. Therefore, a case under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, was booked and report was submitted to second respondent. After issuing notice under Section 6B of the Act, second respondent passed orders on 17.1.2009 confiscating entire stock seized. It appears that second respondent also passed orders cancelling wholesale license of the petitioner under Section 28(1) of the Control Order. Aggrieved by the same, petitioner admittedly filed appeal under Section 6C of the Act before the first respondent, which is pending. In the mean while, present writ petition is filed challenging the order under passed Section 6A of the Act. This Court heard the counsel for petitioner and the Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. As the petitioner already filed appeal against the impugned order before the District Collector, Karimnagar, it is not necessary to go into the merits of the case with reference to the order of second respondent confiscating the entire stock seized. Insofar as cancellation of licence is concerned, the appeal is pending before the first respondent and, therefore, the same may be disposed of by the appellate authority within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition, with the above observations, is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) March 26, 2010 YS