THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1917 of 2009 Date: 28.12.2010 Between: Nadimpally Venkata Subba Raju ..... Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Sricharan Telaprolu Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies Counsel for Respondent No.5: Sri G. Simhadri The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the proceedings dated 12.01.2009 of respondent No.2 and the notification dated 27.01.2009 of respondent No.3. I have heard Sri Sricharan Telaprolu, the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies representing respondent Nos.1 to 4 and Sri G. Simhadri, the learned counsel for respondent No.5. The petitioner is a fair price shop dealer of Yedurlanka Village, I.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. He has felt aggrieved by the bifurcation of the existing fair price shop and the consequential action of respondent No.3 in notifying the said shop for appointment of a dealer. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner has not disputed that against the order of bifurcation, his client has a remedy of appeal as provided by G.O.Ms.No.25 dated 18.03.1998. In my opinion, a remedy of appeal is always an efficacious one. Therefore, this writ petition filed bypassing such a remedy need not be entertained. The learned counsel for the petitioner stated that as his client has bona fide filed this writ petition and been pursuing the same up till now, the limitation for filing the appeal as prescribed in G.O.Ms.No.25 dated 18.03.1998 has expired. Considering this fact, the petitioner is permitted to file an appeal within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If such an appeal is filed, the Director of Civil Supplies, who is the appellate authority, shall entertain and dispose of the same, on merits, in accordance with law. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, interim order dated 05.02.2009 passed in W.P.M.P.No.2428 of 2009 is vacated and W.P.M.P.No.2428 of 2009 and W.V.M.P.Nos.4155 and 4319 of 2009 are dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 28th December, 2010 GHN