IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1782 of 2008 Between: Sri Raghuram & Company No. 33/4, Bajanai Koil Street, Red Hills, Chennai Rep. by its Proprietor K. Prabhakar S/o.Munuswamy Shetty aged 48 yrs, R/o. Chennai ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, 2 The Joint Collector, Kurnool, 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nandyal Kurnool District. 4 The Tahsildar,Nandyala , Kurnool District. 5 The Enforcement Deputy Tashildar Office of Civil Supplies Department, Nandyala, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.RAVINDRANATH REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seizing rice of the petitioner and initiating proceedings under Section 6(A) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, as illegal and without jurisdiction. After arguing the case for some time, Sri M.Ravindranath Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the petitioner will be satisfied for the present, if respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the petitioner’s representations dated 16-01-2008, 17-01-2008 and 18-01-2008, filed before respondent No.2, for release of the seized rice. Since no counter-affidavit has been filed and I find the request of the learned Counsel for the petitioner reasonable, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the above- mentioned representations within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.2214 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 23rd April, 2008 Note: Furnish CC in two days. B/o lur