THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18903 of 2007 Dated 16th June, 2010 Between: Durgabai Dwacra Group, represented by it Secretary – Smt. A. Jagadeswari. …Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudivada and another. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri M.M.M. Srinivasa Rao For Sri Kowturu Vinayakumar Counsel for respondents: Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner, a DWACRA Group represented by its Secretary, was appointed as a temporary fair price shop dealer pending filling up of permanent vacancy. By the impugned notification dated 31.08.2007, respondent No.1 sought to fill up the said vacancy on permanent basis. The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner feeling aggrieved by the action of respondent No.1 in reserving the vacancy to the candidates belonging to scheduled tribe. In my opinion, the petitioner has no vested right to insist that the vacancy should be earmarked to a general category to enable the petitioner to claim preference. The petitioner failed to point out that while reserving the vacancy for the candidates belonging to scheduled tribe, the respondents have violated any of the statutory provisions or administrative guidelines. Providing reservation to the underprivileged categories in the society such as scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is an avowed object of the welfare state. Therefore, no illegality or arbitrariness is discernable from the action of respondent No.1 in reserving the fair price shop dealership for the candidates belonging to the scheduled tribes. The petitioner does not have any vested right for appointment as fair price shop dealer. For the above mentioned reasons, I do not find any merit in the Writ Petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. As the petitioner held up appointment of a dealer on permanent basis by indulging in vexatious litigation for about three years, it is saddled with costs quantified at Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) to be paid by the petitioner to the Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority within a period of one month. If such costs are not paid within the stipulated time, the Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority is entitled to initiate appropriate proceedings for recovery of the same. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, interim order dated 06.09.2007 in W.P.M.P.No.24309 of 2007 is vacated and W.P.M.P.No.24309 of 2007 filed by the petitioner and W.V.M.P.No.3366 of 2007 filed by the respondents are also dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 16th June, 2010 GHN