IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11980 of 2009 Between: 1 K.Ranemma W/o.Swamy Reddy R/o.Guvvalakuntla Village, Kothapalli Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 G.Venkata Ramana S/o.Venkataswamy R/o.Atmakur, village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 N.Sreenivasa Reddy S/o.Subba Reddy R/o.Atmakur, village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 N.Ramachandra Reddy S/o.Malla Reddy R/o.Atmakur, village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 5 G.Sreeramulu S/o.Venkataswamy R/o.Atmakur, village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 6 B.Abdulla S/o.Khader R/o.Atmakur, village & Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector (CS) Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.GANGA RAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for issuance of a mandamus to set aside orders, dated 18.05.2009 passed by respondent No.2 whereby she suspended the fair price shop authorizations of the petitioners. The petitioners, who felt aggrieved by the said suspension orders, approached respondent No.1 by filing appeals along with stay petitions. The grievance of the petitioners is that no orders have been passed by respondent No.1 on the stay applications so far. Since the appeals are pending before respondent No.1, it is not proper for this Court to give conclusive findings on the legality or otherwise of the orders of suspension. But, prima facie, this Court is of the opinion that the hasty action of suspending the fair price shop authorizations of the petitioners only on the basis of statement of a third party, by name, K.Ramesh Kumar, who was stated to be the brother-in- law of the owner of the lorry, which was seized along with the stocks, without making inspection of the respective fair price shops of the petitioners and verification of the registers and ground stock, appears to be not only illegal but also arbitrary. In this view of the matter, without expressing final opinion on the validity of the impugned orders of suspension, the writ petition is disposed of by suspending orders, dated 18.05.2009, by which, the fair price shop authorizations of the petitioners are suspended. This order of suspension will continue till disposal of appeals by respondent No.1 on merits. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.15444 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 19th JUNE, 2009. Note: issue c.c. in three (3) days. kvni