IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14210 of 2009 Between: 1 Kum. Patchigolla Lalitha D/o. Venkata Ramana R/o. Papayya Santhapalem, Anakapalle Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 2 Sri K.R. V.V. Sanyasi Setty S/o. Venkata Rao R/o. Papayapalem, Anakapalle Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector Visakhapatnam 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Anakapalli (M) Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.W.B.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1, in not passing orders on the stay applications filed by the petitioners against Orders, dated 23-06-2009, passed by respondent No.2, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners’ authorizations in respect of Fair Price Shop Nos.78 and 79 of Papayya Santhapalem and Pappayyapalem Villages of Anakapalle Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, were suspended by respondent No.2 under the impugned Orders. Feeling aggrieved by the said orders, the petitioners filed appeals before respondent No.1. The main grievance of the petitioners is that the stay applications, filed along with the said appeals, have not been disposed of. Respondent No.1, being appellate authority and vested with the power to consider the applications for stay, is under obligation to dispose of such applications within a reasonable time. Though the stay applications were stated to have been filed by the petitioners on 10-07-2009, they are not disposed of so far. Respondent No.1 is, therefore, directed to dispose of the stay applications of the petitioners within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.18620 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 16th July, 2009 lur