IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.11041 of 2008 Between: Y.Janardana S/o.Y.Thammappa Mallikarjunapalli village , Kalyandurg Mandal Anantapur District ..... PETITIONER AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram Ananthapur District .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or direction more particularly issue one in nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent issued proceedings in RC.No.2139/2009 dated 6.5.2008 requesting 3 candidates to appear for interview on 13.5.2008 even though the petitioner authorisation subsisting upto 31.3.2009 and without cancelling or without suspending the petitioner authorisation as per clause (5) the AP State PDS Control Order 2001 is illegal, unjust and consequently direct the respondent continue the petitioner as the FP Shop dealer of the Mallikarjunapalli village,Kalayandurg Mandal, Anantapur District. Counsel for the Petitioner:KOTHAPALLI RAM MOHAN CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.11041 of 2008 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that he was appointed as Fair Shop Dealer of Mallikarjunapalli Village, Kalyandurg Mandal, Anantapur District, on temporary basis by the proceedings of the respondent, dated 31- 03-2005 and the authorization is valid upto 31-03-2009. In the meanwhile, pursuant to the Notification, dated 19-11-2007, issued by the respondent for filling up vacancies of Fair Price Shop Dealers in Kalyandurg Mandal, Anantapur District, on permanent basis, including the Fair Price Shop Dealer of Mallikarjunapalli Village, which was earmarked against reserved category of B.C. (General), the petitioner applied for the said post. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he applied for the post of Fair Price Shop Dealer of Mallikarjunapalli Village along with others, neither he was called for interview nor for the selection process undertaken by the respondent. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondent is directed to consider the candidature of the petitioner, if he is otherwise eligible, as per law, for being appointed as Fair Price Shop Dealer of Mallikarjunapalli Village, Kalyandurg Mandal, Anantapur District, and pass appropriate orders within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. Till such time, status-quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 21-05-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in three days (B/o) Prv/Vv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}