THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.18971 OF 2007 DATED 27TH JULY, 2011 BETWEEN Mothukuri Prakash Rao …Petitioner And The Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Government of A.P., Hyderabad and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.18971 OF 2007 ORDER: The petitioner, the Fair Price Shop Dealer of Shop No.4596 (4547/1 Old) of Godavarikhani in Ramagundam Mandal, Karimnagar District, filed the present writ petition assailing the action of the Tahsildar, Ramagundam Mandal, in reducing the number of wards/cards attached to the petitioner’s shop on the ground that the same was contrary to the instructions of the Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, and the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001. Sri T.Mahender Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, states that the matter is squarely covered by the orders of this Court in Writ Petition Nos.22439 and 22450 of 2006. A copy of the common order dated 11.06.2009 passed in the said writ petitions is placed on record and indicates that in an identical fact situation, this Court held that Tahsildar of the Mandal had no jurisdiction to meddle with the cards of the Fair Price Shop Dealers. Sri T.Mahender Rao, learned counsel, states that no action was taken by the Tahsildar, Ramagundam Mandal, to actually reduce the wards/cards attached to the petitioner’s Fair Price Shop and that no relief need be granted in so far as restoration of any wards/cards is concerned. Having perused the common order dated 11.06.2009 passed in Writ Petition Nos.22439 and 22450 of 2006, this Court is of the opinion that the present writ petition is to be allowed in terms of and for reasons alike as are mentioned in the said common order. The Writ Petition is accordingly allowed. WPMP No.24385 of 2007 shall stand dismissed as infructuous in the light of this final order. In the circumstances, no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 27TH JULY, 2011. VGSR