IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 23538 of 2008 Between: M/s. Tirumala Rice Depot Kaman Road, Karimnagar, Rep. by its Proprietor Itha Bhoomaiah S/o. Rajalingam, aged 45 yrs, Occ: Business R/o. Vasavinagar, Karimnagar. ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Joint Collector, (Collector (CS)) Karimnagar. 2 The Tahsildar, Karimnagar. 3 The Asst. Supply Officer O/o. District Supply Officer, Karimnagar. .....Respondent(s) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ, Order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents 1 and 2 not to sell the stocks namely (1) Hamsa 75-59 quintals (2) BPT Vesangi 12-00 quintals (3) 13-75 quintals (4) Erramallelu 3-75 quintals and (5) Brokern Rice 5-25 quintals all worth Rs. 81,950/- which were seized from the petitioner buisness premises on 22-10-2008 by the 3rd Respondent along with his team alleging the contravention of Clause 3 of Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Lincensing, Storage and Regultion) Order 2008 pending disposal of the 6-A enquiry on the file of the 1st Respondent by duly declaring the action of the Respondents 1 and 2 in taking steps to sell the seized stocks in public auction or through Public Distribution system pending disposal of the 6-A enquiry without giving any opportunity to the petitioner to prove his bonafides is nothing but arbitrary and contrary to the true intent of provisions of the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and pass The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support there of and the High Court order dated 25/02/2010 and made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr./Mrs.RAVI KIRAN RAO, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Court made the following ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To Form-NIC-IGS/WP {VSMI}